Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (Jan 2016)

Leishmania infantum AS A CAUSATIVE AGENT OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL, BRAZIL

  • Ludiele Souza CASTRO,
  • Adriana de Oliveira FRANÇA,
  • Eduardo de Castro FERREIRA,
  • Günther HANS FILHO,
  • Minoru German HIGA JÚNIOR,
  • Célia Maria Ferreira GONTIJO,
  • Agnes Antônia Sampaio PEREIRA,
  • Maria Elizabeth Moraes C. DORVAL

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658023
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 0

Abstract

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by different species of theLeishmania genus. Leishmania(Leishmania) infantum, causing cutaneous leishmaniasis, has been described in patients living in areas where visceral leishmaniasis is endemic. In this study, it was possible to characterize this species in seven slides from cutaneous tissue imprints from patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

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