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==Protozoa==

{{See Also|Leishmaniasis}}

[[File:Parasite130072-fig1 Map of cutaneous leishmaniasis in North Africa.tif|thumb|Cutaneous leishmaniasis, a disease transmitted by sandflies, in North Africa; ''Leishmania infantum'' = green, ''Leishmania major'' = blue'', Leishmania tropica'' = red<ref name=Aoun/>]]

[[Leishmaniasis]], a disease caused by several species of the genus [[Leishmania]], is transmitted by various sandflies.<ref name=Aoun>{{Cite journal | last1 = Aoun | first1 = K. | last2 = Bouratbine | first2 = A. | title = Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in North Africa: a review. | journal = Parasite | volume = 21 | pages = 14 | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1051/parasite/2014014 | pmid = 24626301 |pmc = 3952656}}</ref>

''[[Leishmania donovani]]'' causes spiking fevers, [[hepatosplenomegaly]], and [[pancytopenia]]. It can be diagnosed through microscopic review by visualizing [[amastigote]]s in containing [[macrophage]]s, and is treatable with [[sodium stibogluconate]].