RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
A leishmaniasis that involves a chronic inflammatory process involving the nasal, pharyngeal, and laryngeal mucosa, which can lead to extensive tissue destruction, caused by protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Leishmania. The infection is characterized by granulomatous lesion which can destroy upper respiratory tract mucosa. (DO)
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Mucocutaneous Leishmaniases; New World cutaneous leishmaniasis; cutaneous leishmaniasis, American; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, American