Transcriptome patterns from primary cutaneous Leishmania braziliensis infections associate with eventual development of mucosal disease in humans.

• Main Authors: Ana Claudia Maretti-Mira (Author), Jaime Bittner (Author), Manoel Paes Oliveira-Neto (Author), Minghsun Liu (Author), Dezhi Kang (Author), Huiying Li (Author), Claude Pirmez (Author), Noah Craft (Author)
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• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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INTRODUCTION: Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (LCL) and Mucosal Leishmaniasis (ML) are two extreme clinical forms of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis that usually begin as solitary primary cutaneous lesions. Host and parasite factors that influence the progression of LCL to ML are not completely...