Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)»Leishmaniasis (B55)

B55

Leishmaniasis

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Leishmaniasis19 drugs (7 approved, 12 experimental)

A 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) (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS), diffuse cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS), mucocutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS), and visceral (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL).