A severe form of leishmaniasis characterized by irregular bouts of fever, substantial weight loss, swelling of the spleen and liver, and anemia (which may be serious). If left untreated it may lead to death. Two species of Leishmania are known to give rise to the visceral form of the disease. The species commonly found in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent is L. donovani and the species found in Europe, North Africa, and Latin America is L. infantum, also known as L. chagasi. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visceral_leishmaniasis https://www.who.int/leishmaniasis/visceral_leishmaniasis/en/ ]
Synonyms: viscus leishmaniasis kala-azar infection by visceral leishmaniasis
Term information
- ICD10CM:B55.0 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C0023290 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICD9:085.0 (MONDO:i2s)
- icd11.foundation:1646564717 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MEDGEN:44098 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- OMIMPS:608207 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- EFO:0005045 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- SCTID:186803007 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C34771 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MESH:D007898 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:9146 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
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http://identifiers.org/mesh/D007898
https://omim.org/phenotypicSeries/PS608207
http://identifiers.org/medgen/44098
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0023290
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C34771
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/ICD10CM/B55.0
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/186803007
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9146
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0005045
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/sources/icd11foundation/1646564717