[disease caused by any of a number of species of protozoa in the genus Leishmania; there are four major clinical types of this infection: cutaneous (Old and New World), diffuse cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral; visceral is characterized by fever, chills, vomiting, anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, leukopenia, hypergammaglobulinemia, emaciation, and an earth-gray color of the skin; cutaneous is characterized by development of single or multiple localized lesions on exposed areas of skin that typically ulcerate. ( CSP )]
UMLS (CSP) C0023281 Relation/PAR: protozoal infection
parasitic skin disorder
Mastigophora Infections
arthropod borne communicable disease
Relation/CHD: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Kala-Azar