noun
definition
Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.
Examples of leishmaniasis in a Sentence
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.
Kala azar (visceral leishmaniasis) is still rampant in parts of Africa and the Indian subcontinent today and kills thousands every year.