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

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Carla Riama Lopes de Pádua Moura, Carlos Henrique Nery Costa, Rafael de Deus Moura, Aline Reis Ferro Braga, Vladimir Costa Silva, Dorcas Lamounier Costa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020
• Subjects: Visceral leishmaniasis; Leishmania infantum; Kala-azar; Skin; HIV; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Azar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0446-2019; https://doaj.org/article/7e7206a7f46b4a10af40e9f852a4f344

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...