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 2024/04/20
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.