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

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2016
• Subjects: Cutaneous leishmaniasis; PCR; Leishmania infantum; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658023; https://doaj.org/article/991fee93f49645189470ca06bc330a1d

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.