RT Book, Section A1 Sundar, Shyam A2 Kasper, Dennis A2 Fauci, Anthony A2 Hauser, Stephen A2 Longo, Dan A2 Jameson, J. Larry A2 Loscalzo, Joseph SR Print(0) ID 1120803368 T1 Leishmaniasis T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19e YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071802154 LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1120803368 RD 2022/06/26 AB Encompassing a complex group of disorders, leishmaniasis is caused by unicellular eukaryotic obligatory intracellular protozoa of the genus Leishmania and primarily affects the host’s reticuloendothelial system. Leishmania species produce widely varying clinical syndromes ranging from self-healing cutaneous ulcers to fatal visceral disease. These syndromes fall into three broad categories: visceral leishmaniasis (VL), cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), and mucosal leishmaniasis (ML).