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Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease spread by the bite of the sandfly.Cutaneous leishmaniasis affects the skin and mucous membranes. Skin sores can resemble those due to other diseases including tuberculosis, syphilis, leprosy, skin cancer, and f...
Source:ADAM
Date:October 30, 2007
Leishmaniasis refers to several different illnesses caused by infection with an organism called a protozoan.Protozoa are considered to be the most simple organisms in the animal kingdom. They are all single-celled.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Leishmaniasis is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania that are spread by the bite of female phlebotomine sand flies of the genus Phlebotomus in the Old World and Lutzomyia in the New World.Approximately 350 million people in eight...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
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