 Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
"Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An endemic disease that is characterized by the development of single or multiple localized lesions on exposed areas of skin that typically ulcerate. The disease has been divided into Old and New World forms. Old World leishmaniasis is separated into three distinct types according to epidemiology and clinical manifestations and is caused by species of the L. tropica and L. aethiopica complexes as well as by species of the L. major genus. New World leishmaniasis, also called American leishmaniasis, occurs in South and Central America and is caused by species of the L. mexicana or L. braziliensis complexes.
| Descriptor ID |
D016773
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.300.500.400 C03.858.560.400 C17.800.838.775.560.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Oriental Sore- Oriental Sore
- Sore, Oriental
- Leishmaniasis, Old World
- Old World Leishmaniasis
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous" by people in Profiles.
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Soundararajan V, Charny JW, Bain MA, Tsoukas MM. The color of skin: orange diseases of the skin, nails, and mucosa. Clin Dermatol. 2019 Sep - Oct; 37(5):520-527.
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Taxy JB, Goldin HM, Dickie S, Cibull T. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Contribution of Routine Histopathology in Unexpected Encounters. Am J Surg Pathol. 2019 02; 43(2):195-200.
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Berger BA, Cossio A, Saravia NG, Castro MDM, Prada S, Bartlett AH, Pho MT. Cost-effectiveness of meglumine antimoniate versus miltefosine caregiver DOT for the treatment of pediatric cutaneous leishmaniasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 04; 11(4):e0005459.
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Paz C, Doumbia S, Keita S, Sethi A. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mali. Dermatol Clin. 2011 Jan; 29(1):75-8.
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Lupi O, Bartlett BL, Haugen RN, Dy LC, Sethi A, Klaus SN, Machado Pinto J, Bravo F, Tyring SK. Tropical dermatology: Tropical diseases caused by protozoa. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2009 Jun; 60(6):897-925; quiz 926-8.
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Chaves LF, Cohen JM, Pascual M, Wilson ML. Social exclusion modifies climate and deforestation impacts on a vector-borne disease. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 Feb 06; 2(1):e176.
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Chaves LF, Hernandez MJ, Dobson AP, Pascual M. Sources and sinks: revisiting the criteria for identifying reservoirs for American cutaneous leishmaniasis. Trends Parasitol. 2007 Jul; 23(7):311-6.
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Torgerson DG, Lampo M, Velázquez Y, Woo PT. Genetic relationships among some species groups within the genus Lutzomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Nov; 69(5):484-93.
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