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A chronic disease caused by LEISHMANIA DONOVANI and transmitted by the bite of several sandflies of the genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia. It is commonly characterized by fever, chills, vomiting, anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, leukopenia, hypergammaglobulinemia, emaciation, and an earth-gray color of the skin. The disease is classified into three main types according to geographic distribution: Indian, Mediterranean (or infantile), and African.
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- Black Fever
- Kala-Azar
- Leishmaniasis, Visceral
- Fever, Black
- Kala Azar
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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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coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; do not confuse entry term BLACK FEVER with BLACKWATER FEVER or AMAZON BLACK FEVER see HEPATITIS D
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Visceral Leishmaniasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007898. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007898
- Visceral Leishmaniasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visceral_leishmaniasis
- Visceral Leishmaniasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2046113