leishmaniasis
leishmaniasis
Definition
leish·ma·nia·sis (lēs̸h′mə nī′ə sis)
noun
any of several infectious diseases, esp. kala azar, caused by protozoan parasites (genus Leishmania)
Etymology: ModL < Leishmania, after Sir W. B. Leishman (1865-1926), Scot bacteriologist
leishmaniasis
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- cause: The efficacy of thermotherapy to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Kabul, Afghanistan: A randomized, controlled trial.
- call: An illness called cutaneous leishmaniasis [ CL ] , spread by the sandfly, can occur in Southern Spain.
Preposition: in
- dog: Find veterinary information covering disease control and prevention of leishmaniasis in dogs.
- country: Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in all countries ( the latter increasing in Brazil and Paraguay ).
Adjective modifier
- cutaneous: An illness called cutaneous leishmaniasis [ CL ] , spread by the sandfly, can occur in Southern Spain.
- visceral: Kaye PM, Gorak P, Murphy M, Ross S. Strategies for immune intervention in visceral leishmaniasis.
- canine: Canine Leishmaniasis - clinical diagnosis Leishmaniasis cannot be diagnosed on clinical signs alone for the following reasons: Dogs examined may be apparently healthy.
- mucocutaneous: A study looking at severe and disfiguring mucocutaneous leishmaniasis has identified a single gene which predisposes to this particular type of disease.
- human: It is generally accepted that the nature of the T cell response is one of the crucial factors controlling experimental and human leishmaniasis.
Noun used with modifier
- disease: Sandflies and the transmission of the tropical disease leishmaniasis of sandfly gut infected with Leishmania parasites.
