leishmaniasis, diffuse cutaneous
MONDO:0043904Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names leishmaniasis, diffuse cutaneous yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A form of LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS caused by Leishmania aethiopica in Ethiopia and Kenya, L. pifanoi in Venezuela, L. braziliensis in South America, and L. mexicana in Central America. This disease is characterized by massive dissemination of skin lesions without visceral involvement.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0043904), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: leishmaniasis, diffuse cutaneous
- Also called
- diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis