visceral leishmaniasis
Findings
No curated finding names visceral leishmaniasis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A severe form of leishmaniasis characterized by irregular bouts of fever, substantial weight loss, swelling of the spleen and liver, and anemia (which may be serious). If left untreated it may lead to death. Two species of Leishmania are known to give rise to the visceral form of the disease. The species commonly found in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent is L. donovani and the species found in Europe, North Africa, and Latin America is L. infantum, also known as L. chagasi.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005445), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
1 feature
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- Weight lossMondoHP:0001824
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: visceral leishmaniasis
- Also called
- kala-azarviscus leishmaniasis