leishmaniasis
disease caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania
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Summary
leishmaniasis is a class of disease[1]. leishmaniasis ranks in the top 0.15% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,137 views/month, #3 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: parasitic protozoa infectious disease[3], vector-borne disease[4], endemic disease[5]
- Commons category: Leishmaniasis[6]
- Symptoms and signs: ulcer[7], mouth ulcer[8], fever[9], splenomegaly[10], anemia[11], hepatomegaly[12]
- Has cause: Leishmania[13], Leishmania donovani[14], Leishmania infantum[15], Leishmania braziliensis[16], Leishmania mexicana[17], Leishmania major[18], Leishmania tropica[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Leishmaniasis[20]
- Medical examination: physical examination[21], ELISA[22], polymerase chain reaction[23], hematology[24], Giemsa stain[25]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26]
- ICD-9-CM: 085[27], 085.9[28]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34767[29]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[30]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: itraconazole[31], ketoconazole[32], pentamidine[33], miltefosine[34], paromomycin[35]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9065[36], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9065[37]
Why It Matters
leishmaniasis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] leishmaniasis is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]