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Imported new world cutaneous leishmaniasis in a traveller from Slovakia.
We present a case of imported leishmaniasis in a 31-year-old woman from Slovakia, who visited the countries of South America for three months in 2011. On 29 and 31 August 2011, she was probably infected with Leishmania parasites in the jungles of Ecuador. Approximately one week after returning to Slovakia, a small papules appeared on patient's left leg. Another wound was found after two weeks. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.78.926.757