leishmaniasis
Noun
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Sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies (synset 114201559)
is a type of: protozoal infection - any infection caused by a protozoansubtypes:
- assam fever, dumdum fever, kala-azar, visceral leishmaniasis - leishmaniasis of the viscera
- aleppo boil, cutaneous leishmaniasis, delhi boil, old world leishmaniasis, oriental sore, tropical sore - leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions
- american leishmaniasis, leishmaniasis americana, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis, new world leishmaniasis - a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa
same as: kala azar, leishmaniosis
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