Emerging Animal Diseases Bulletin
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Leishmaniasis is a well-documented disease of humans and animals worldwide. In humans, leishmaniasis is generally zoonotic with a number of different clinical manifestations ranging from single or multiple skin lesions (cutaneous leishmaniasis) to destruction of the mucosae, including the soft cartilage of the nasal septum (mucocutaneous leishmaniasis) or systemic infections of the liver and spleen (visceral leishmaniasis). The disease is caused by the single-celled, flagellate protozoan parasites Leishmania.
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