Definition of "leishmaniasis" []

• An infection caused by any of the flagellate protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sand flies. (noun)
• A disease, such as kala-azar or either of two clinically distinct ulcerative skin diseases, caused by flagellate protozoans of the genus Leishmania. (noun)

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• "The eponymous term leishmaniasis replaced them all, as well as chiclero ulcer and kala-azar or dumdum fever, the last from the town of Dumdum, near Calcutta, where the infamous bullets were made."
• "The boy suffers from disfiguring cutaneous leishmaniasis, which is transmitted by sand fly bites."
• "As you said, it's called leishmaniasis and it affects some two million people every year, in tropical areas like Colombia."