"Leishmaniasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A disease caused by any of a number of species of protozoa in the genus LEISHMANIA. There are four major clinical types of this infection: cutaneous (Old and New World) (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS), diffuse cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS), mucocutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS), and visceral (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D007896
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.300.500 C03.858.560 C17.800.838.775.560
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmaniasis- Leishmaniasis
- Leishmaniases
- Leishmania Infection
- Infection, Leishmania
- Infections, Leishmania
- Leishmania Infections
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmaniasis" by people in Profiles.
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A survey of sand flies (Diptera, Phlebotominae) along recurrent transit routes in Serbia. Acta Trop. 2019 Sep; 197:105063.
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Neglected tropical diseases in children: An assessment of gaps in research prioritization. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 01; 13(1):e0007111.
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Impact, economic evaluation, and sustainability of integrated vector management in urban settings to prevent vector-borne diseases: a scoping review. Infect Dis Poverty. 2018 Sep 03; 7(1):83.
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The rise of leishmaniasis in the twenty-first century. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2018 09 01; 112(9):421-422.
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Molecular detection of Leishmania infantum DNA and host blood meal identification in Phlebotomus in a hypoendemic focus of human leishmaniasis in northern Algeria. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 06; 12(6):e0006513.
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Rodent-borne diseases and their public health importance in Iran. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 04; 12(4):e0006256.
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Geospatial-temporal distribution of Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Colombia (2007-2016). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 04; 12(4):e0006419.
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Interleukin-32: An endogenous danger signal or master regulator of intracellular pathogen infections-Focus on leishmaniases. Semin Immunol. 2018 08; 38:15-23.
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Usefulness of FC-TRIPLEX Chagas/Leish IgG1 as confirmatory assay for non-negative results in blood bank screening of Chagas disease. J Immunol Methods. 2018 04; 455:34-40.
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Internet-based biosurveillance methods for vector-borne diseases: Are they novel public health tools or just novelties? PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Nov; 11(11):e0005871.