concepts
Leishmaniasis is one of the most important parasitic diseases of humans. The cutaneous (skin) and mucocutaneous (skin and membranes) types cause over 2 million new cases and the visceral (organ) types leads to over 500,000 new cases every year. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Leishmaniasis]
leishmaniasis
new world mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
oriental sore
protozoan infections
systemic diseases
visceral leishmaniasis