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A disease caused by any of a number of species of protozoa in the genus LEISHMANIA. There are four major clinical types of this infection: cutaneous (Old and New World) (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS), diffuse cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS), mucocutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS), and visceral (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL).
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- Leishmania Infection
- Infection, Leishmania
- Infections, Leishmania
- Leishmania Infections
- Leishmaniases
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; LEISHMANIASIS, AMERICAN see LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS is also available; tegumentary leishmaniasis = LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Leishmaniasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007896. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007896
- Leishmaniasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leishmaniasis
- Leishmaniasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331283