Primer plano de Leishmania panamensis
La leishmaniasis se observa en los Estados Unidos principalmente en personas que han viajado fuera del país. Hay varios tipos diferentes de leishmaniasis, pero todos son transmitidos por la picadura del cagachín. Esta es la apariencia típica de la etapa temprana de la leishmaniasis.
Revision
Last reviewed 8/24/2011 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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