leishmaniasis

noun leish·man·i·a·sis \ ˌlēsh-mə-ˈnī-ə-səs \

Definition of leishmaniasis

plural leishmaniases play \ˌlēsh-mə-ˈnī-ə-ˌsēz\

:infection with or disease caused by leishmanias

Recent Examples of leishmaniasis from the Web

Meanwhile, the sandflies that host parasites that cause leishmaniasis, some varieties of which cause skin lesions or spleen and liver damage, are showing up in north Texas.

— National Geographic, "Climate Change Pushing Tropical Diseases Toward Arctic," 14 June 2017
Sand flies, which transmit the parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a skin disease, are also more active and take more blood meals in warmer temperatures.

— mark johnson, jsonline.com, "Infectious disease collides with changing climate," 24 May 2017
Someone else reports having seen an open leishmaniasis sore on one of the boatmen.

— richard conniff, Smithsonian, "A New Age of Discovery Is Happening Right Now in the Remote Forests of Suriname," 2 May 2017
Leishmaniasis, a sometimes-fatal, once primarily tropical affliction, has moved into northern Texas as the sandflies that host the disease-causing parasite head north.

— craig welch, National Geographic, "Half of All Species Are on the Move—And We're Feeling It," 27 Apr. 2017

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