Leishmaniasis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Leishmaniasis, or a subtype of Leishmaniasis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Leishmaniasis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Types of Leishmaniasis:
Broader types of Leishmaniasis:
Profile for Leishmaniasis: It is possible but very unlikely that you would get leishmaniasis in the United States. (Source: excerpt from Leishmania Infection: DPD)
Complications of Leishmaniasis:
see complications of Leishmaniasis
Causes of Leishmaniasis: see causes of Leishmaniasis
Risk factors for Leishmaniasis:
see
risk factors for Leishmaniasis
Symptoms of Leishmaniasis: see symptoms of Leishmaniasis
Complications of Leishmaniasis: see complications of Leishmaniasis
Incubation period for Leishmaniasis: People with
cutaneous leishmaniasis usually develop skin sores within a few weeks
(sometimes as long as months) of when they were bitten.
(Source: excerpt from Leishmania Infection: DPD)
More information:
see contagiousness of Leishmaniasis
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Leishmaniasis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Leishmaniasis.
Treatments for Leishmaniasis:
see treatments for Leishmaniasis
Prevention of Leishmaniasis:
see prevention of Leishmaniasis
Research for Leishmaniasis:
see research for Leishmaniasis
Hospitalization statistics for Leishmaniasis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Leishmaniasis:
Main name of condition: Leishmaniasis
Other names or spellings for Leishmaniasis:Leishmania, Leish, Kala-azar, Visceral leishmaniasis (subtype), Cutaneous leishmaniasis (subtype)
Visceral leishmaniasis, Burdwan fever, Dum Dum fever
Source - Diseases Database
Leishmaniasis, Leishmaniosis, Visceral leishmaniasis, Assam fever, Dumdum fever, Leishmaniosis, Kala azar
Source - WordNet 2.1
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (subtype), Kala-azar, Visceral leishmaniasis (subtype), Visceral leishmaniasis (subtype), Cutaneous leishmaniasis (subtype)
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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