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Preferred term
leishmaniasis
Definition
- 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]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/leishmaniasis
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