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Disease caused by parasites of the Leishmania type
The symptoms of leishmaniasis are skin sores which erupt weeks to months after the person is bitten by infected sandflies. Leishmaniasis may be divided
Leishmaniasis
Human disease caused by protist parasites
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar (Hindi: काला आज़ार, "black sickness") or "black fever", is the most severe form of leishmaniasis and,
Visceral_leishmaniasis
Medical condition
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
Cutaneous_leishmaniasis
Disease affecting dogs
Canine leishmaniasis (LEESH-ma-NIGH-ah-sis) is a zoonotic disease (see human leishmaniasis) caused by Leishmania parasites transmitted by the bite of
Canine_leishmaniasis
Name of several types of blood-sucking fly
vectors of leishmaniasis and pappataci fever; both diseases are confusingly referred to as sandfly fever. In Asia, Africa, and Europe, leishmaniasis is spread
Sandfly
Genus of parasitic flagellate protist
feed into the social stigmatization of leishmaniasis today. In India, both cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis are caused by Leishmania donovani. The
Leishmania
Phospholipid antimicrobial drug
leishmaniasis under the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. Several medical agents have some efficacy against visceral or cutaneous leishmaniasis,
Miltefosine
Species of intracellular parasite
disease leishmaniasis. It is a human blood parasite responsible for visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar, the most severe form of leishmaniasis. It infects
Leishmania_donovani
Diverse group of tropical infectious diseases which are common in developing countries
visceral leishmaniasis occur annually. It is a vector-borne disease caused by the bite of sandflies. At least 90 percent of visceral leishmaniasis occurs
Neglected_tropical_diseases
Species of parasitic protist
genus Leishmania, and is associated with the disease zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (also known as Aleppo boil, Baghdad boil, Bay sore, Biskra button, Chiclero
Leishmania_major
Species of protozoan parasite
visceral leishmaniasis, post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (a variant of visceral leishmaniasis), viscerotropic leishmaniasis, and leishmaniasis recidivans
Leishmania_tropica
Vaccine against leishmaniasis
A Leishmaniasis vaccine is a vaccine which would prevent leishmaniasis. As of 2024, no vaccine for humans was available. Currently some effective leishmaniasis
Leishmaniasis_vaccine
Infectious Diseases – Leishmaniasis". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 18 Jul 2004. Retrieved 25 Nov 2020. "Leishmaniasis". World Health
Climate change and infectious diseases
Climate_change_and_infectious_diseases
fight them. COVID-19 has killed over 8,000 Afghans since early 2020. Leishmaniasis is estimated to cause the ninth largest disease burden among infectious
Health_in_Afghanistan
Medical condition
Viscerotropic leishmaniasis is a systemic infection reported in soldiers fighting in Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia. Leishmaniasis Skin lesion James
Viscerotropic_leishmaniasis
Kenyan doctor (1931–1966)
Parasitological Studies of East Africa Leishmaniasis led to the end of the October 1952 visceral leishmaniasis epidemic outbreak in Kenya. In 1952 he
Blasio Vincent Ndale Esau Oriedo
Blasio_Vincent_Ndale_Esau_Oriedo
Chemical compound
and other diseases such as leishmaniasis. Paromomycin was demonstrated to be effective against cutaneous leishmaniasis in clinical studies in the USSR
Paromomycin
Genus of flies
causative agent of leishmaniasis. Of the more than 350 Lutzomyia species identified, less than 10% are known or suspected to transmit leishmaniasis to humans.
Lutzomyia
Species of fly
World cutaneous leishmaniasis in adults". VisualDX. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (February 18, 2020). "Parasites - Leishmaniasis Biology". Centers
Phlebotomus_papatasi
2012, IDRI launched the world's first clinical trial of the visceral leishmaniasis vaccine. The vaccine is a recombinant form of two fused Leishmania parasite
Infectious Disease Research Institute
Infectious_Disease_Research_Institute
Medical antimicrobial drug
option to suramin. It is an option for both visceral leishmaniasis and cutaneous leishmaniasis. Pentamidine can be given by injection into a vein or
Pentamidine
Species of Kinetoplastea
treatment for humans to cure leishmaniasis is the drug meglumine antimoniate. About 80 percent of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis respond successfully to
Leishmania_braziliensis
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a complication of visceral leishmaniasis (VL); it is characterised by a macular, maculopapular, and nodular
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis
Post-kala-azar_dermal_leishmaniasis
Parasitic disease caused by a protozoan
Cutaneous leishmaniasis can spread to the mucous membranes and cause mucosal leishmaniasis even years after the initial infection. Cutaneous leishmaniasis heals
Protozoan_infection
Subfamily of flies
including humans, they can transmit leishmaniasis, arboviruses, and bartonellosis. In the New World, leishmaniasis is spread by sandflies in the genus
Phlebotominae
Pharmaceutical drug
Pentostam among others, is a medication used to treat leishmaniasis. This includes leishmaniasis of the cutaneous, visceral, and mucosal types. Some combination
Sodium_stibogluconate
Genus of flies
genus Leishmania. Leishmaniasis normally finds a mammalian reservoir in rodents and other small animals such as canids (canine leishmaniasis) and hyraxes.
Phlebotomus
Non-profit organization
visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in East Africa available since 2010. It is the result of a six-year partnership between DNDi, the Leishmaniasis East Africa
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative
Drugs_for_Neglected_Diseases_Initiative
Hemorrhagic fever caused by ebolaviruses
plague, Q fever, candidiasis, histoplasmosis, trypanosomiasis, visceral leishmaniasis, measles, and viral hepatitis among others. Non-infectious diseases
Ebola
Medical diagnostic method
test for visceral leishmaniasis. Sundar S, Singh RK, Maurya R, et al. (2006). "Serological diagnosis of Indian visceral leishmaniasis: direct agglutination
Direct_agglutination_test
Parasites which use humans as a host
toxoplasmosis Acanthamoeba: causes acanthamoeba keratitis Leishmania: causes leishmaniasis Babesia: causes babesiosis Balamuthia mandrillaris: causes granulomatous
Human_parasite
Retrieved 2014-06-04. World Health Organization, (2013) "Health Topics: Leishmaniasis." Archived 2016-11-22 at the Wayback Machine "General Information |
List of human disease case fatality rates
List_of_human_disease_case_fatality_rates
azar within 1 year. Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a complication of visceral leishmaniasis (VL); it is characterised by a macular, maculopapular
Kala_azar_in_India
Peruvian biologist
the National Award L'Oréal-UNESCO "For Women in Science". Leishmaniasis vaccine Leishmaniasis Arsenic Microbiology "Conoce a María Antonieta Quispe, la
Maria Antonieta Quispe Ricalde
Maria_Antonieta_Quispe_Ricalde
Development of a large, bulbous nose
Pathology confirmation is especially important in areas endemic with leishmaniasis. Treatment consists of paring down the bulk of the tissue with a sharp
Rhinophyma
Indian academic
on infectious diseases – Leishmaniasis and HIV/AIDS. Scholia has a profile for Shyam Sundar (Q58941021). Visceral leishmaniasis: what are the needs for
Shyam_Sundar
Indian physician (1873–1946)
and demonstrated its effectiveness in treating kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis). Brahmachari was born on 19 December 1873 in Sardanga village near
Upendranath_Brahmachari
Brazilian drought (1877–1878)
displaced citizens. Leishmania braziliensis is a species of leishmania or leishmaniasis that has emerged in Northeast Brazil. It is an infectious disease that
Grande_Seca
cutaneous leishmaniasis. An Bras Dermatol. 2007;82(2):111-24. Olliaro P, Guerin P, Gerstl S (2005). "Treatment options for visceral leishmaniasis: a systematic
Pentavalent_antimonial
Medical condition
dysplasia Amyloidosis Actinic reticuloid Cutaneous T cell lymphoma Leishmaniasis Lipoid proteinosis Progressive nodular histiocytosis Mastocytosis Hyperimmunoglobulin
Leonine_facies
Topics referred to by the same term
leukemia (aCML) American cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (ACML), a type of cutaneous leishmaniasis Asian Conference on Machine Learning, founded by
ACML
"Parasites – Leishmaniasis". CDC. 27 February 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019. "Leishmaniasis". World Health
List_of_zoonotic_diseases
Species of parasitic protist
a parasitic protozoan and the causative agent of infantile visceral leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean region and in Latin America, where it has been
Leishmania_infantum
Antifungal and antiparasitaric chemical compound
is an antifungal medication used for serious fungal infections and leishmaniasis. The fungal infections it is used to treat include mucormycosis, aspergillosis
Amphotericin_B
Type of white blood cell
behaviour include tuberculosis (caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis) and leishmaniasis (caused by Leishmania species).[citation needed] In order to minimize
Macrophage
Enlargement and hardening of body parts due to swelling
podoconiosis), an immune disease affecting the lymph vessels[citation needed] Leishmaniasis Elephantiasis, Grade 3 lymphedema, which may occur in people with breast
Elephantiasis
visceral leishmaniasis (see also canine leishmaniasis). L. braziliensis causes mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. L. tropica causes cutaneous leishmaniasis. L. peruviana
Canine_vector-borne_disease
Species of parasitic protist
and Central America, this parasite is the primary cause of cutaneous leishmaniasis. It is also endemic to Texas, where 69 cases were identified between
Leishmania_mexicana
Indian structural biologist
and the pathogenesis of diseases such as tuberculosis and visceral leishmaniasis, commonly known as Kala Azar and has delivered invited speeches at various
Ashish_Arora
Chemical compound
powerful emetic, and was once used in the treatment of schistosomiasis and leishmaniasis. It is used as a resolving agent. It typically is obtained as a hydrate
Antimony_potassium_tartrate
Order of insects
Zika virus; blackflies carry river blindness; and sand flies carry leishmaniasis. Other dipterans are a nuisance to humans, especially when present in
Fly
Health effects experienced by people who have been displaced
and visceral leishmaniasis (infection of internal organs). In 2012, there was an outbreak of Leishmaniasis amongst Syrians. Leishmaniasis is of major concern
Refugee_health
Class of pharmaceuticals used to treat protozoan infections
microsporidiosis, malaria, babesiosis, trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, and toxoplasmosis. Currently, many of the treatments for these infections
Antiprotozoal
Order of mammals
Rodents also help to transmit diseases, including babesiosis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, Lyme disease, Omsk hemorrhagic fever
Rodent
British parasitologist (1929–2011)
Expert Committee on Leishmaniasis where he was involved in the creation of the 1990 Technical Report Series on the Control of Leishmaniasis, as well as contributed
Robert_Killick-Kendrick
English broadcaster (born 1973)
filming a series of Extreme Dreams in Peru in 2008, Fogle contracted leishmaniasis, which left him bedridden for three weeks on his return home. He was
Ben_Fogle
large group of vectors are flies. Sandfly species transmit the disease leishmaniasis, by acting as vectors for protozoan Leishmania species, and tsetse flies
List of diseases spread by arthropods
List_of_diseases_spread_by_arthropods
Leishman's or Giemsa's stain visceral leishmaniasis – worldwide; cutaneous leishmaniasis – Old World; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis – New World Phlebotomus, Lutzomyia
List_of_parasites_of_humans
Alexander von Humboldt has ongoing investigations in tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, malaria and HIV, both in its site in Lima and in several field sites
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt
Instituto_de_Medicina_Tropical_Alexander_von_Humboldt
2017 nonfiction book by Douglas Preston
of several members of the expedition who contracted severe cases of leishmaniasis, a disease caused by parasites that are transmitted by the bite of sandflies
The Lost City of the Monkey God
The_Lost_City_of_the_Monkey_God
British parasitologist
diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, Ebola, African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, and colorectal cancer. Krishna is Professor of Medicine and Molecular
Sanjeev_Krishna
Pharmaceutical drug classification
ATC code P01 Antiprotozoals is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed
ATC_code_P01
American medical missionary
mission and continued at the university, focused on treating visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease endemic to China. Cochran would retire to the United
Samuel_Cochran
Eukaryotes other than animals, plants or fungi
malaria, toxoplasmosis, amoebic meningoencephalitis, sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, and several diarrheal illnesses like amoebiasis, cryptosporidiosis
Protist
Appearance of skin lesions on lines of trauma
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Still disease Cutaneous leishmaniasis Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis Eruptive xanthomas Urticaria A similar response occurs
Koebner_phenomenon
Municipality in La Paz Department, Bolivia
identified as a localized new focus of high incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Sub-Andean region of La Paz. Le Pont, F.; Desjeux, P.; Torrez
Cajuata_Municipality
Species of tree
to treat dysentery and syphilis. The leaves have been used to treat leishmaniasis, fevers, yaws and ringworm. The Guyana Patamona use the juice of young
Jacaranda_copaia
Chemical compound
Cantharidin appears to have some effect in the topical treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in animal models. In addition to topical medical applications, cantharidin
Cantharidin
Family of reptiles
Trypanosoma, which causes sleeping sickness, and Leishmania, which causes leishmaniasis. Chameleons are subject to parasitism by coccidia, including species
Chameleon
Class of medications
Giardia lamblia) Miltefosine (for the treatment of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis, currently undergoing investigation for Chagas disease) Mebendazole
Antiparasitic
Vaccine which is under development
Streptococcus (GBS) Herpes Simplex Virus HIV-1 Human Hookworm Disease Leishmaniasis Malaria Neisseria gonorrhoeae Nipah virus infection Nontyphoidal Salmonella
Pipeline_vaccine
Mammals known for eating ants and termites
the virus that causes COVID-19, Leishmania, the protozoan that causes leishmaniasis, and canine distemper-causing Morbillivirus, contracting the last disease
Anteater
Conversion of forest to non-forest for human use
American trypanosomiasis), African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), leishmaniasis, Lyme disease, HIV and Ebola. The majority of new infectious diseases
Deforestation
Country in Central Africa
diarrheal diseases. Endemic diseases include dengue fever, filariasis, leishmaniasis, malaria, meningitis, schistosomiasis, and sleeping sickness. The HIV/AIDS
Cameroon
Chemical compound
antimoniate is a medicine used to treat leishmaniasis. This includes visceral, mucocutaneous, and cutaneous leishmaniasis. It is given by injection into a muscle
Meglumine_antimoniate
Medical condition
are cigar-shaped.[citation needed] Differential diagnoses includes: leishmaniasis, nocardiosis, mycobacterium marinum, cat-scratch disease, leprosy, syphilis
Sporotrichosis
Peruvian poet
where they picked up weapons, and entered southern Peru. Plagued by Leishmaniasis infection however, the 15 member team decided to enter the city of Puerto
Javier_Heraud
Ulcer located on the genital area
causing genital ulcers. Parasitic infections such as amoebiasis and leishmaniasis can present in cutaneous form in the genital regions. This can be confused
Genital_ulcer
French physician (1845–1922)
Cathoire reported the first case of infantile leishmaniasis from Tunisia. He published a treatise on leishmaniasis in 1917. Laveran later worked on the trypanosomes
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
Charles_Louis_Alphonse_Laveran
Irish parasitologist (1863–1951)
discoveries of Leishmania donovani as the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis, and Klebsiella granulomatis as that of donovanosis. The son of a judge
Charles_Donovan
(Phlebotominae) Bacteria Carrion's disease Sandfly (Phlebotominae) Protozoa Leishmaniasis Sandfly (Phlebotominae) Virus Adria virus (ADRV) Sandfly (Phlebotominae)
List_of_insect-borne_diseases
Brand of insect repellent
malaria, yellow fever, Japanese B encephalitis, filariasis, Lyme disease, leishmaniasis, typhus fever, plague, and Eastern equine encephalitis. As an insect
RID_(insect_repellent)
Mesocricetus auratus (Golden hamster), first used to study kala-azar (leishmaniasis). Cavia porcellus (Guinea pig), used by Robert Koch and other early
List_of_model_organisms
Inflammatory aggregation of immune cells
"Monocyte recruitment, antigen degradation and localization in cutaneous leishmaniasis". British Journal of Experimental Pathology. 67 (2): 209–218. ISSN 0007-1021
Granuloma
2011–2024 armed conflict in Syria
tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough and the disfiguring skin disease leishmaniasis. Of particular concern is the contagious and crippling poliomyelitis
Syrian_civil_war
U.S. Navy biomedical research laboratory
pharmaceutical companies and include parasitic infection such as malaria and leishmaniasis, viral diseases such as dengue fever and other arboviruses, and bacterial
Naval Medical Research Unit Three
Naval_Medical_Research_Unit_Three
United States Army research directorate based in Kenya
global public health importance, including malaria, trypanosomiasis, and leishmaniasis, arboviruses, HIV/AIDS, and other emerging infectious diseases. USAMRD-A
United States Army Medical Research Unit-Africa
United_States_Army_Medical_Research_Unit-Africa
Process of spraying insecticides inside residences to prevent malaria
IRS India 4444 4253 3188 some 3415 includes use for both malaria and leishmaniasis Madagascar 45 0 0 0 0 plan to reintroduce in 2009 Malawi 0 0 0 0 plan
Indoor_residual_spraying
Topics referred to by the same term
medical education Uta, another name for the skin condition cutaneous leishmaniasis Uta, genus of New World lizards known as side-blotched lizards A form
Uta
Chemical compound
giardiasis) — Also treats giardiasis in humans, dogs, and small mammals Leishmania — — Treats leishmaniasis, caused by various species of Leishmania, in dogs
Albendazole
American physician-scientist and infectious disease researcher
influenza vaccines and emerging viral infections like Dengue, Zika, and Leishmaniasis. In 2021, Memoli gained attention for his opposition to COVID-19 vaccine
Matthew_Memoli
French biologist (1868–1938)
(1845–1922), he showed that the parasite responsible for the visceral leishmaniasis (or "Kala-azar", a fever in India), first described by William Boog
Félix_Mesnil
American journalist and author (born 1956)
contracted a potentially lethal tropical disease known as cutaneous leishmaniasis, for which he received treatment at the National Institutes of Health
Douglas_Preston
Chemical compound
leishmania and trypanosomes. These protozoal parasites are the cause of leishmaniasis, sleeping sickness and Chagas' disease. Trypanothione was discovered
Trypanothione
areas of Africa with climate suitable for both cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis during their evolutionary history is presented by Trájer (2026). Evidence
2026_in_paleomammalogy
Therapy involving the use of heat
A study from 2005 showed heat therapy to be effective in treating leishmaniasis, a tropical parasitic skin infection. Heat therapy is also sometimes
Heat_therapy
Medical condition
disease has been documented and is associated with sleeping with cats. Leishmaniasis is a newly emerging pathogen in Texas. The Staphylococcus intermedius
Feline_zoonosis
Canadian pharmaceutical company
spun-off to the shareholders of Paladin, with the rights to Impavido, a leishmaniasis drug. It was also led by Jonathan Ross Goodman, and was in substantially
Knight_Therapeutics
Weed control herbicide
such as in the mashing of beer. Trifluralin, as ointment, can treat leishmaniasis (a parasitic disease) welts on the skin. It and other dinitroanilines
Trifluralin
Norwegian physician (1841–1912)
biomedical research institute working in tuberculosis, HIV, malaria, leishmaniasis training, and research. Hansen GHA (1874). "Undersøgelser Angående Spedalskhedens
Gerhard_Armauer_Hansen
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Tamil
Beauty, Son of Ashim
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Ray of Mind
Boy/Male
Tamil
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Male
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Icelandic and Scandinavian form of Old Norse Ingvarr, INGVAR means "Ing's warrior."
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Telugu
Lord Shiva
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Linette, LINNETTE means "little lake."Â
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Tamil
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Extremely mighty
Boy/Male
Indian
Angel of paradise
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Tighearnán, TIARNAN means "little lord."
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