Leishmania chagasi

Epidemiology

• distribution:
  • Mexico, Honduras, Guatamala, Surinam, El Salvador, Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Martinique, Guadeloupe
• reservoir: canines

Pathology

• etiologic agent of
  • cutaneous leishmaniasis
  • visceral leishmaniasis
  • post-kala azar dermal leishmaniasis

Laboratory

• Leishmania chagasi serology
• also see Leishmania & Leishmaniasis

More general terms

• Leishmania

Additional terms

• cutaneous leishmaniasis (oriental sore)
• visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar)