- The
symptoms of
leishmaniasis are skin
sores which erupt w****s to
months after the
person is
bitten by
infected sand flies.
Leishmaniasis may be divided...
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also
known as kala-azar (Hindi: kālā āzār, "black sickness") or "black fever", is the most
severe form of
leishmaniasis and,...
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most
common form of
leishmaniasis affecting humans. It is a skin
infection caused by a single-celled
parasite that is transmitted...
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Canine leishmaniasis (LEESH-ma-NIGH-ah-sis) is a
zoonotic disease (see
human leishmaniasis)
caused by
Leishmania parasites transmitted by the bite of...
- A
Leishmaniasis vaccine is a
vaccine which would prevent leishmaniasis. As of 2017, no
vaccine for
humans was available.
Currently some
effective leishmaniasis...
- azar
within 1 year. Post-kala-azar
dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a
complication of
visceral leishmaniasis (VL); it is
characterised by a macular, maculopa****r...
-
leishmaniasis and free-living
amoeba infections such as
Naegleria fowleri and
Balamuthia mandrillaris. This
includes the
three forms of
leishmaniasis:...
-
visceral leishmaniasis, post-kala-azar
dermal leishmaniasis (a
variant of
visceral leishmaniasis),
viscerotropic leishmaniasis, and
leishmaniasis recidivans...
- Post-kala-azar
dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a
complication of
visceral leishmaniasis (VL); it is
characterised by a macular, maculopa****r, and nodular...
- feed into the
social stigmatization of
leishmaniasis today. In India, both
cutaneous and
visceral leishmaniasis are
caused by
Leishmania donovani. The...
