Leishmaniasis (/ËliËÊmÉËnaÉªÉsÉªs/) or leishmaniosis (/liËÊËmeÉªnÉªËoÊsÉªs/ or /liËÊËmaenÉªËoÊsÉªs/) liËÊËmÃ¦nÉªËoÊsÉªs is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the Genus leishmania and spread by the bite of certain types of. sandflieseishmaniasis is transmitted by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies which can transmit the infection Leishmania. The sandflies inject the infective stage, metacyclic promastigotes, during blood meals (1) .
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