TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Leishmaniasis A1 - Alvarez-Olmos, Martha Isabel A2 - Kline, Mark W. PY - 2018 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e AB - Leishmaniasis is a group of clinical syndromes caused by the protozoan belonging to the genera Leishmania. The clinical spectrum of disease depends on the species causing the infection and includes subclinical infection, self-limited cutaneous and debilitating mucocutaneous disease, severe disseminated disease, and fatal visceral disease. Each condition has a relatively specific geographic distribution, biology, ecology, and natural mammalian reservoir, and its own vector. In nature, Leishmania can cause infection in a wide range of vertebrate hosts and is particularly common in canids, rodents, and primates, including humans. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182904638 ER -