RT Book, Section
A1 Alvarez-Olmos, Martha Isabel
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182904638
T1 Leishmaniasis
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182904638
RD 2024/04/19
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.