disease has location disease has feature Weight loss hereditary disease visceral leishmaniasis https://www.malacards.org/card/visceral_leishmaniasis SCTID:186803007 kala-azar susceptibility viscus leishmaniasis ICD9:085.0 Editor note: split out susceptibility/PS kala-azar MESH:D007898 MEDGEN:44098 DOID:9146 NCIT:C34771 icd11.foundation:1646564717 MONDO:0005445 UMLS:C0023290 GARD:0024188 ICD10CM:B55.0 OMIMPS:608207 EFO:0005045 kala-azar, susceptibility to A severe form of leishmaniasis characterized by irregular bouts of fever, substantial weight loss, swelling of the spleen and liver, and anemia (which may be serious). If left untreated it may lead to death. Two species of Leishmania are known to give rise to the visceral form of the disease. The species commonly found in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent is L. donovani and the species found in Europe, North Africa, and Latin America is L. infantum, also known as L. chagasi. leishmaniasis viscus