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Infections > Vector Borne Diseases > Leishmaniasis > Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
Infections > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Leishmaniasis > Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
... > Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Leishmaniasis > Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Leishmaniasis > Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
... > Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Protozoan Infections > Euglenozoa Infections > Leishmaniasis > Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous

Preferred term

Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Leishmaniasis, New World
  • New World Leishmaniasis
  • Oriental Sore
  • Sore, Oriental

Note

  • coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS & LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS are also available; tegumentary leishmaniasis goes here

Scope note

  • An endemic disease that is characterized by the development of single or multiple localized lesions on exposed areas of skin that typically ulcerate. The disease has been divided into Old and New World forms. Old World leishmaniasis is separated into three distinct types according to epidemiology and clinical manifestations and is caused by species of the L. tropica and L. aethiopica complexes as well as by species of the L. major genus. New World leishmaniasis, also called American leishmaniasis, occurs in South and Central America and is caused by species of the L. mexicana or L. braziliensis complexes.

History note

  • 1992; use LEISHMANIASIS 1979-1991; for ORIENTAL SORE use LEISHMANIASIS 1979-1991, use LEISHMANIASIS 1963-78

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016773

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