A leishmaniasis that is the most severe form of the disease caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania genus, resulting in the infection of the internal organs such as liver, spleen and bone marrow. The symptoms include fever, weight loss, and an enlarged spleen and liver. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007637 url:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visceral_leishmaniasis http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007638 url:http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Leishmaniasis.htm ]
Synonyms: Kala-Azar Infection by visceral leishmaniasis
Term information
- MESH:D007898
- ICD10CM:B55.0
- SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:48115004
- NCI:C34771
- MIM:611382
- UMLS_CUI:C0023290
- MIM:611381
- ICD9CM:085.0
- MIM:608207
DO_rare_slim, zoonotic_infectious_disease, DO_infectious_disease_slim, NCIthesaurus
Term relations
- liver disease
- leishmaniasis
- bone disease
- splenic disease
- disease has location some bone element
- has symptom some fever
- has symptom some hepatomegaly
- disease has location some liver
- has symptom some weight loss
- has symptom some splenomegaly
- disease has location some spleen