Leishmaniasis

Introduction: Leishmaniasis

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Leishmaniasis: A rare infectious disease caused by any of a number of parasitic Leishmania species. Infection can cause any of three different manifestations: cutaneous leishmaniasis, mucosal leishmaniasis and visceral leishmaniasis. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Leishmaniasis is available below.

Symptoms of Leishmaniasis

• Symptoms of cutaneous leishmaniasis:
  • Skin sores
  • Raised edge sores - like a volcan with a central crater
  • Scabs
  • Swollen glands

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Medical Textbooks Online about Leishmaniasis

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Leishmaniasis?

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Misdiagnosis and Leishmaniasis

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Causes of Leishmaniasis

• Leishmania infantum
• Leishmania donovani

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Treatments for Leishmaniasis

• Sodium stibogluconate
• Meglumine antimonite
• Amphotericin B
• Liposomal amphotericin B
• Pentamidine

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Clinical Trials for Leishmaniasis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Leishmaniasis include:

• Clinical Investigation of Infections Due to Leishmanial Parasites - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Study to Evaluate the Leish-111F + MPL-SE Vaccine in the Treatment of Mucosal Leishmaniasis - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Study to Evaluate the Leish-111f + MPL-SE Vaccine in Healthy Adults Not Previously Exposed to Leishmania Parasite - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Miltefosine to Treat Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Bolivia - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - miltefosine,antimony
• Controlled Nitric Oxide Releasing Patch Versus Meglumine Antimoniate in the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - controlled nitric oxide releasing patch,meglumine antimoniate

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Statistics for Leishmaniasis

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Types of Leishmaniasis

• Cutaneous leishmaniasis - affecting skin
• Visceral leishmaniasis - affecting internal organs
• Mucosal leishmaniasis - affecting mucus membranes such as mouth and nose

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Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Leishmaniasis

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Article Excerpts about Leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis (LEASH-ma-NIGH-a-sis) is a parasitic disease spread by the bite of infected sand flies. There are several different forms of leishmaniasis. The most common forms are cutaneous (cue-TAY-knee-us) leishmaniasis, which causes skin sores, and visceral (VIS-er-al) leishmaniasis, which affects some of the internal organs of the body (for example, spleen, liver, bone marrow). (Source: excerpt from Leishmania Infection: DPD)

Definitions of Leishmaniasis:

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. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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