Cutaneous parasitism in patients with American visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) represents a public health concern in several areas of the world. In the American continent, VL transmission is typically zoonotic, but humans with active VL caused by Leishmania infantum are able to infect sandflies. Thus, individuals with cutaneou...

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Main Author: Moura,Carla Riama Lopes de Pádua (author)
Other Authors: Costa,Carlos Henrique Nery (author), Moura,Rafael de Deus (author), Braga,Aline Reis Ferro (author), Silva,Vladimir Costa (author), Costa,Dorcas Lamounier (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Visceral leishmaniasis
Leishmania infantum
Kala-azar
Skin
HIV
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822020000100310
Country:Brazil
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