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Cutaneous<i>Leishmania mexicana</i>Infections in the United States: Defining Strains Through Endemic Human Pediatric Cases in Northern Texas

2024-01-12

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Over a six-month span, three patients under five years old with cutaneous leishmaniasis presented to the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Children’s Health Dallas. None had traveled outside of the United States (US); all had confirmed L. mexicana infections by PCR. We provide case descriptions and images to increase the awareness of this...

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Literature Corpus work: fef7e98d-774c-5c25-b8a8-bc7174db35eb
DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.11.23300611

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