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Malaria vs Leishmaniasis - What's the difference?

malaria | leishmaniasis |

As nouns the difference between malaria and leishmaniasis

is that malaria is malaria while leishmaniasis is (pathology) any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus leishmania , transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.

malaria

English

Noun

(head) (wikipedia malaria)
  • A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium , multiplies in blood every few days.

    • Synonyms

    * ague

    Derived terms

    * malarial * antimalarial

    See also

    * ----

    leishmaniasis

    English

    (wikipedia leishmaniasis)

    Alternative forms

    * leishmaniosis

    Noun

    (leishmaniases)
  • (pathology) Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania , transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.

    • Synonyms

    * Black Fever * Dum-Dum fever * kala-azar * leishmaniosis * sandfly disease

    Derived terms

    * American leishmaniasis * cutaneous leishmaniasis * mucocutaneous leishmaniasis * nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis * New World leishmaniasis * visceral leishmaniasis