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Definition of leishmaniasis
leishmaniases
play \ˌlēsh-mə-ˈnī-ə-ˌsēz\: infection with or disease caused by leishmanias
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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.
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Sand flies, which transmit the parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a skin disease, are also more active and take more blood meals in warmer temperatures.
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Someone else reports having seen an open leishmaniasis sore on one of the boatmen.
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Leishmaniasis, a sometimes-fatal, once primarily tropical affliction, has moved into northern Texas as the sandflies that host the disease-causing parasite head north.
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leishmaniasis
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leish·man·i·a·sis
\ˌlēsh-mə-ˈnī-ə-səs\
Medical Definition of leishmaniasis
leishmaniases
\-ˌsēz\play: infection with or disease (as kala-azar or oriental sore) caused by leishmanias
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