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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Human leishmanial infections can result in 2 main forms of disease, cutaneous leishmaniasis and visceral leishmaniasis ([[kala-azar]]). The factors determining the form of disease include leishmanial species, geographic location, and immune response of the host. | |||
==Symptoms== | |||
===Cutaneous leishmaniasis=== | |||
*Cutaneous leishmaniasis is characterized by one or more cutaneous lesions on areas where sandflies have fed. | |||
*Persons who have cutaneous leishmaniasis have one or more sores on their skin. | |||
*The sores can change in size and appearance over time. They often end up looking somewhat like a volcano, with a raised edge and central crater. | |||
*A scab covers some sores. | |||
*The sores can be painless or painful. | |||
*Some people have swollen glands near the sores (for example, in the armpit if the sores are on the arm or hand). | |||
*People with cutaneous leishmaniasis usually develop skin sores within a few weeks (sometimes as long as months) of when they were bitten. | |||
===Visceral leishmaniasis=== | |||
*Persons who have ''visceral leishmaniasis'' usually have [[fever]], [[weight loss]], and an enlarged spleen and liver (usually the spleen is bigger than the liver). Some patients have swollen glands. | |||
*People with visceral leishmaniasis usually become sick within several months (rarely as long as years) of when they were bitten. | |||
*The symptoms of leishmaniasis are skin sores which erupt weeks to months after the person affected is bitten by sand flies. | |||
*Other consequences, which can become manifest anywhere from a few months to years after infection, include fever, damage to the [[spleen]] and [[liver]], and [[anaemia]]. | |||
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Overview
Human leishmanial infections can result in 2 main forms of disease, cutaneous leishmaniasis and visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar). The factors determining the form of disease include leishmanial species, geographic location, and immune response of the host.
Symptoms
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
- Cutaneous leishmaniasis is characterized by one or more cutaneous lesions on areas where sandflies have fed.
- Persons who have cutaneous leishmaniasis have one or more sores on their skin.
- The sores can change in size and appearance over time. They often end up looking somewhat like a volcano, with a raised edge and central crater.
- A scab covers some sores.
- The sores can be painless or painful.
- Some people have swollen glands near the sores (for example, in the armpit if the sores are on the arm or hand).
- People with cutaneous leishmaniasis usually develop skin sores within a few weeks (sometimes as long as months) of when they were bitten.
Visceral leishmaniasis
- Persons who have visceral leishmaniasis usually have fever, weight loss, and an enlarged spleen and liver (usually the spleen is bigger than the liver). Some patients have swollen glands.
- People with visceral leishmaniasis usually become sick within several months (rarely as long as years) of when they were bitten.
- The symptoms of leishmaniasis are skin sores which erupt weeks to months after the person affected is bitten by sand flies.
- Other consequences, which can become manifest anywhere from a few months to years after infection, include fever, damage to the spleen and liver, and anaemia.