Leishmania major Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in 3 Travelers Returning from Israel to the Netherlands
| Autor: | Jaap J. van Hellemond, Justin S. Kuilder, Mariana de Mendonça Melo, Pieter J. Wismans, Perry J.J. van Genderen, Ewout M. Baerveldt |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Dermatology, Internal Medicine |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Veterinary medicine Letter Epidemiology 030106 microbiology lcsh:Medicine parasitic diseases lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences protozoa 0302 clinical medicine Cutaneous leishmaniasis vector-borne diseases Leishmania major Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in 3 Travelers Returning from Israel to the Netherlands medicine lcsh:RC109-216 Leishmania major 030212 general & internal medicine Leishmania species Israel Letters to the Editor leishmaniasis travel biology Relatively mild course cutaneous Incidence (epidemiology) lcsh:R Papule Leishmaniasis medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Infectious Diseases Geography medicine.symptom |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 22, Iss 11, Pp 2022-2024 (2016) Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(11), 2022-2024. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
| ISSN: | 1080-6059 1080-6040 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2211.161154 |
| Popis: | To the Editor: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a protozoan disease transmitted by sand flies that usually runs a relatively mild course. Classic CL starts as a red papule at the place of the insect bite; it gradually enlarges into a painless nodule or plaque-like lesion, which eventually becomes encrusted. When the crust falls off, a typical ulcer with raised and indurated border becomes apparent. CL can cause considerable illness and may leave disfiguring and disabling scars after healing. The interplay between Leishmania species and host immune response is complex, and, as a result, disease manifestations may vary substantially among species as well as among infected persons (1,2). An estimated 0.7–1.2 million new CL cases occur annually in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. CL is currently endemic in >98 countries worldwide; Afghanistan, Algeria, Colombia, Brazil, Iran, Syria, Ethiopia, North Sudan, Costa Rica, and Peru together account for up to 75% of global estimated CL incidence (3). |
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