Leishmania amazonensis

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Introduction

Etiologic agent of New World cutaneous, visceral, mucocutaneous, diffuse cutaneous & post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis.

Epidemiology

  • distribution: Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, French Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela
  • reservoirs: rodents, marsupials

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References

  1. ↑ Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 1267
  2. ↑ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 899
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