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What is the noun for leishmaniasis?

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leishmaniasis
  1. (pathology) Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Of all the parasitic diseases, leishmaniasis is considered the most likely to succumb to vaccination.”
      “Outbreaks of cholera, malaria, typhoid, leishmaniasis, meningitis, and haemorrhagic fever also recorded.”
      “Various forms of leishmaniasis are spread by the sandfly and are endemic in 88 countries on five continents.”
leishmania
  1. A parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a genus trypanosome protozoa, Leishmania.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The case was diagnosed as visceral leishmaniasis with leishmania lymphadenitis and coexistent falciparum malaria.”
      “Hundreds of peacekeeping troops have succumbed to the disease, after becoming infected with single-celled parasites called leishmania.”
      “Parasite virulence genes identified as part of the leishmania genome project may be specifically targeted for vaccine or drug design.”
leishmanization
  1. The (deliberate) introduction of leishmaniasis
leishmaniosis
  1. Alternative form of leishmaniasis
  2. Examples:
    1. “Advantages of real-time PCR assay for diagnosis and monitoring of canine leishmaniosis.”
      “He said diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and leishmaniosis are endemic in Yanomami communities.”
leishmaniases
leishmanias
  1. plural of leishmania
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