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Canine leishmaniasis
● Canine visceral leishmaniasis is a severe systemic disease caused by the diphasic protozoan parasite Leishmania infantum in the Old World and L. chagasi in the New World. ● The geographical distribution of the disease is dependent on its insect vector, the sandfly Phlebotomus spp. in the Old World and Lutzomyia spp. in the New World. ● Common clinical signs are skin lesions, weight loss, anor...
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متن کاملCutaneous leishmaniasis.
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The leishmaniases are parasitic diseases that are transmitted to humans by infected female sandflies. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of 3 main forms of the disease. CL is the most common form of the disease and is endemic in many urban and rural parts of Iran and usually caused by two species of Leishmania: L. major and L. tropica. We report a case of unusual leishmaniasis with 25 lesions ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Parasitic Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0971-7196,0975-0703
DOI: 10.1007/s12639-014-0444-4