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ID DOID:9146
Name visceral leishmaniasis
Definition A leishmaniasis that is the most severe form of the disease caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania genus, resulting in the infection of the internal organs such as liver, spleen and bone marrow. The symptoms include fever, weight loss, and an enlarged spleen and liver.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visceral_leishmaniasis, http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Leishmaniasis.htm
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ICD10CM:B55.0

ICD9CM:085.0

MESH:D007898

MIM:608207

MIM:611381

MIM:611382

NCI:C34771

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:48115004

UMLS_CUI:C0023290

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

DO_rare_slim

NCIthesaurus

zoonotic_infectious_disease

Synonyms

Infection by visceral leishmaniasis [EXACT]

Kala-Azar [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a liver disease

is_a bone disease

is_a splenic disease

is_a leishmaniasis

Subclass Logical Relationships

has symptom some weight loss

has symptom some splenomegaly

disease has location some bone element

disease has location some liver

disease has location some spleen

has symptom some hepatomegaly

has symptom some fever

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