Clinical types of baghdad boil (cutaneous leishmaniasis)
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Oriental Sore or Baghdad Boil
General considerations. This disease occurs in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. The exact method of contracting the disease has not yet been definitely settled. Various parasites have been blamed, such as the bed-bug, the mosquito, and several others. Wenyon showed that an "oriental sore" can be experimentally produced by contaminating an abrade...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Surgery
سال: 1920
ISSN: 0007-1323,1365-2168
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800083104