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Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease, caused by more than 20 different species of the protozoan parasite Leishmania, transmitted to humans by 30 species of various sand flies. Leishmania infection depends upon the causative species and the host genetic profile which governs the immune responses. The disease may be clinically presented as cutaneous (CL), mucocutaneous (MCL), and visceral leishmaniasis (VL) with post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) as a particular entity of the latter (Fig. 9.1).
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Nassiri Kashani, M., Khamesipour, A., Firooz, A. (2018). Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. In: Orfanos, C., Zouboulis, C., Assaf, C. (eds) Pigmented Ethnic Skin and Imported Dermatoses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69422-1_9
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