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Parasite genetic variation and systemic immune responses are not associated with different clinical presentations of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania aethiopica
2024-04-19
Abstract excerpt
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical skin disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania (L.). It is endemic to 90 countries and causes >200,000 new infections each year. In Ethiopia, CL is mainly caused by L. aethiopica and can present in different clinical forms: localised cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL); mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL), where the mucosa of the nose and/or the mouth are aff...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b1c1c297-734e-5f85-ab16-a21d8d7372f3
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.04.19.590259
