The boy suffers from disfiguring cutaneous leishmaniasis, which is transmitted by sand fly bites.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photos of the Day: Oct. 18] Reference

As you said, it's called leishmaniasis and it affects some two million people every year, in tropical areas like Colombia.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008] Reference

Others come home with unfamiliar diseases, such as leishmaniasis, a nasty infection transmitted by the bite of a sand flea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wounded Veterans] Reference

In what parts of the world is leishmaniasis found?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leishmaniasis] Reference

There are several different forms of leishmaniasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leishmaniasis] Reference

H. 2 Household suffering from visceral leishmaniasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 12] Reference

What are the signs and symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leishmaniasis] Reference

Slide H. 2 Household suffering from visceral leishmaniasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 12] Reference

What are the signs and symptoms of cutaneous leishmaniasis?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leishmaniasis] Reference

Visceral leishmaniasis a significant threat to child survival.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Target audience, objectives, scope and structure] Reference

Rarely, leishmaniasis is spread from a pregnant woman to her baby.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leishmaniasis] Reference

A. 23 Oriental sore (cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Eastern Mediterranean).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Pacas can harbor human diseases, including leishmaniasis and Chagas 'disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [15 Agouti] Reference

People who have cutaneous leishmaniasis have one or more sores on their skin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leishmaniasis] Reference

What happens when it bites you is that can you get two forms of leishmaniasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008] Reference

The number of new cases of visceral leishmaniasis is thought to be about 500,000.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leishmaniasis] Reference

CHETRY: Yes, leishmaniasis, which typically manifests itself as boils of the skin.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008] Reference

She has mucocutaneous leishmaniasis -- an advanced type that has spread to her face.    From Wordnik.com.  [For disease victim, a burst of hope, and a fizzle] Reference

Two of the hostages, we're told, picked up a parasitic disease called leishmaniasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008] Reference

A. 17 Distribution of Old World and New World visceral leishmaniasis (WHO map 89963).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

What we're hearing is that two of them might have had a disease called leishmaniasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008] Reference

E. 19 Pioneer planting in a Brazilian forest with a risk of leishmaniasis transmission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

It is possible but very unlikely that you would get leishmaniasis in the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leishmaniasis] Reference

No cases of visceral leishmaniasis are known to have been acquired in the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leishmaniasis] Reference

Very rarely, people living in Texas have developed skin sores from cutaneous leishmaniasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leishmaniasis] Reference

In terms of direct impact on production, the cost of visceral leishmaniasis is considerable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Slide E. 19 Pioneer planting in a Brazilian forest with a risk of leishmaniasis transmission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

There's another type of leishmaniasis and we don't know which type these former hostages had.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008] Reference

The cutaneous forms of leishmaniasis are the most common and represent 50-75% of all new cases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 1] Reference

A. 18 Distribution of cutaneous and muco-cutaneous leishmaniasis in the New World (WHO map 891104).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

However, pests and diseases such as mange, leishmaniasis and flies can spread from animals to humans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 27] Reference

Kala azar -- technically, visceral leishmaniasis -- is what health experts describe as a neglected disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHASING BLACK FEVER] Reference

The phenomenon of aggravated leishmaniasis in AIDS patients has become of increased public health importance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

That gives way to foot infections, foot rot, but also a lot of these tropical parasite deceases, leishmaniasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008] Reference

Psammomys species, two main reservoirs of cutaneous leishmaniasis, but often encourage Meriones species to increase in numbers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 13] Reference

But the other type is called visceral leishmaniasis, and it attacks the internal organs and if it is left untreated, it can kill.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008] Reference

Major infectious diseases: typhoid fever, malaria, leishmaniasis (cutaneous), schistosomiasis, rabies overall degree of risk: high (2004).    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference