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Atypical Manifestations of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Region Endemic for Leishmania braziliensis: Clinical, Immunological and Parasitological Aspects

BACKGROUND: Atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) has become progressively more frequent in Corte de Pedra, Northeast Brazil. Herein we characterize clinical presentation, antimony response, cytokine production and parasite strains prevailing in ACL. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Between 2005 and...

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Autores principales: Guimarães, Luiz Henrique, Queiroz, Adriano, Silva, Juliana A., Silva, Silvana C., Magalhães, Viviane, Lago, Ednaldo L., Machado, Paulo Roberto L., Bacellar, Olívia, Wilson, Mary E., Beverley, Stephen M., Carvalho, Edgar M., Schriefer, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27906988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005100