RT Book, Section A1 Ortega-Barria, Eduardo A1 Romero, Luz I. A2 Rudolph, Colin D. A2 Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 Lister, George E. A2 First, Lewis R. A2 Gershon, Anne A. SR Print(0) ID 7031807 T1 Chapter 351. Leishmaniasis T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e YR 2011 FD 2011 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-149723-7 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7031807 RD 2024/11/08 AB The leishmaniasis comprise a group of clinical syndromes that include ulcerative skin lesions, destructive mucosal inflammation, and disseminated visceral infection caused by protozoan Leishmania species parasites, which are transmitted through the bite of female sand flies.The infection occurs in nature in a wide range of vertebrate hosts but is particularly common in canids; rodents; and primates, including humans.