Leishmaniasis Synonyms

lēshmə-nīə-sĭs
Sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. leishmaniosis
  2. kala-azar

Words Related to Leishmaniasis

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. babesiosis
  2. ehrlichiosis
  3. schistosomiasis
  4. tularemia
  5. psittacosis
  6. aspergillosis
  7. histoplasmosis
  8. sleeping-sickness
  9. leptospirosis
  10. furunculosis

Leishmaniasis Sentence Examples

  • An illness called cutaneous leishmaniasis [CL ], spread by the sandfly, can occur in Southern Spain.

  • A study looking at severe and disfiguring mucocutaneous leishmaniasis has identified a single gene which predisposes to this particular type of disease.

  • It is generally accepted that the nature of the T cell response is one of the crucial factors controlling experimental and human leishmaniasis.

  • Sandflies and the transmission of the tropical disease leishmaniasis of sandfly gut infected with Leishmania parasites.

  • The diseases, which include African sleeping sickness, Chagas ' disease and leishmaniasis, are among the most neglected in the world.

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