Mucosal Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis in the Brazilian Amazon.

• Main Authors: Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra (Author), Suzane Ribeiro Prestes (Author), Henrique Silveira (Author), Leila Inês de Aguiar Raposo Câmara Coelho (Author), Pricila Gama (Author), Aristoteles Moura (Author), Valdir Amato (Author), Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa (Author), Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is a parasite recognized as the most important etiologic agent of mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) in the New World. In Amazonia, seven different species of Leishmania, etiologic agents of human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, have been described. Isolated cases of M...