Relevance of epidemiological surveillance in travelers: an imported case of Leishmania tropica in Mexico

We report the case of a patient with cutaneous leishmaniasis who showed a rapidly progressing ulcerative lesion after traveling to multiple countries where different Leishmania species are endemic. Diagnosis of Leishmania tropica, an exotic species in Mexico was established by using serological and...

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Autores principales: Fernández-Figueroa, Edith Araceli, Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Miranda-Ortíz, Haydee, Mendoza-Vargas, Alfredo, Cervantes-Sarabia, Rocely, Cárdenas-Ovando, Roberto Alejandro, Ruiz-Remigio, Adriana, Becker, Ingeborg
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7304266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32578727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202062041
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author Fernández-Figueroa, Edith Araceli
Sánchez-Montes, Sokani
Miranda-Ortíz, Haydee
Mendoza-Vargas, Alfredo
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Cárdenas-Ovando, Roberto Alejandro
Ruiz-Remigio, Adriana
Becker, Ingeborg
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spelling pubmed-73042662020-06-26 Relevance of epidemiological surveillance in travelers: an imported case of Leishmania tropica in Mexico Fernández-Figueroa, Edith Araceli Sánchez-Montes, Sokani Miranda-Ortíz, Haydee Mendoza-Vargas, Alfredo Cervantes-Sarabia, Rocely Cárdenas-Ovando, Roberto Alejandro Ruiz-Remigio, Adriana Becker, Ingeborg Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Case Report We report the case of a patient with cutaneous leishmaniasis who showed a rapidly progressing ulcerative lesion after traveling to multiple countries where different Leishmania species are endemic. Diagnosis of Leishmania tropica, an exotic species in Mexico was established by using serological and molecular tools. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2020-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7304266/ /pubmed/32578727 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202062041 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fernández-Figueroa, Edith Araceli
Sánchez-Montes, Sokani
Miranda-Ortíz, Haydee
Mendoza-Vargas, Alfredo
Cervantes-Sarabia, Rocely
Cárdenas-Ovando, Roberto Alejandro
Ruiz-Remigio, Adriana
Becker, Ingeborg
Relevance of epidemiological surveillance in travelers: an imported case of Leishmania tropica in Mexico
title Relevance of epidemiological surveillance in travelers: an imported case of Leishmania tropica in Mexico
title_full Relevance of epidemiological surveillance in travelers: an imported case of Leishmania tropica in Mexico
title_fullStr Relevance of epidemiological surveillance in travelers: an imported case of Leishmania tropica in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Relevance of epidemiological surveillance in travelers: an imported case of Leishmania tropica in Mexico
title_short Relevance of epidemiological surveillance in travelers: an imported case of Leishmania tropica in Mexico
title_sort relevance of epidemiological surveillance in travelers: an imported case of leishmania tropica in mexico
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7304266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32578727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202062041
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