Leishmaniasis

n. infectious disease caused by parasitic protozoans of the genus Leishmania

Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites that belong to the genus Leishmania and is transmitted by the bite of certain species of sand fly, including flies in the genus Lutzomyia in the New World and Phlebotomus in the Old World. The disease was named in 1901 for the Scottish pathologist William Boog Leishman. This disease is also known as Leichmaniosis, Leishmaniose, leishmaniose, and formerly, Orient Boils, Baghdad Boil, kala azar, black fever, sandfly disease, Dum-Dum fever or espundia.
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Leishmaniasis refers to several different illnesses caused by infection with an organism called a protozoan. [more]Leishmaniasis - Community and Resources

Noun
1. sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies
(synonym) leishmaniosis, kala azar
(hypernym) protozoal infection
(hyponym) visceral leishmaniasis, kala-azar, Assam fever, dumdum fever

Diseases due to Leishmania involving the organs (kala-azar), skin plus mucous membranes (espundia), or skin alone (usually named for the place plus boil, button or sore as, for example, Jericho boil, Bagdad button, Dehli sore).