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MeSH Heading: Leishmaniasis, Visceral
Tree Number(s): C01.610.752.300.500.510; C01.920.813.510
Unique ID: D007898
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007898
Annotation: coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; do not confuse entry term BLACK FEVER with BLACKWATER FEVER or AMAZON BLACK FEVER see HEPATITIS D
Scope Note: A chronic disease caused by LEISHMANIA DONOVANI and transmitted by the bite of several sandflies of the genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia. It is commonly characterized by fever, chills, vomiting, anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, leukopenia, hypergammaglobulinemia, emaciation, and an earth-gray color of the skin. The disease is classified into three main types according to geographic distribution: Indian, Mediterranean (or infantile), and African.
Entry Term(s): Black Fever; Kala-Azar
NLM Classification #: WC 715
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/10

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0012335
Scope Note: A chronic disease caused by LEISHMANIA DONOVANI and transmitted by the bite of several sandflies of the genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia. It is commonly characterized by fever, chills, vomiting, anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, leukopenia, hypergammaglobulinemia, emaciation, and an earth-gray color of the skin. The disease is classified into three main types according to geographic distribution: Indian, Mediterranean (or infantile), and African.
Terms: Leishmaniasis, Visceral Preferred Term
Term UI T023567
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Kala-Azar
Term UI T023566
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Black Fever
Term UI T686815
Date11/29/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008)

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