Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease that affects millions of people especially in developing countries of Africa, the Americas, and Asia. Leishmaniasis is caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Leishmania transmitted to humans by phlebotomine sandflies. In humans, leishmanial infections cause cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL), and visceral leishmaniasis/kala-azar (VL). There is no defined vaccine available against the disease.
Category
Parasitic infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Nonintestinal protozoal diseases
1F54 Leishmaniasis
H00359 Leishmaniasis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Parasitic infections (protists)
Infections caused by Euglenozoa
H00359 Leishmaniasis
