Cutaneous leishmaniasis

Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Other namesOriental sore, Tropical sore, Chiclero ulcer, Chiclero's ulcer, Aleppo boil, Delhi Boil or Desert boil[1][2][3]
A man with cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Middle East, known then locally as "Jericho Buttons" for the frequency of cases near the ancient city of Jericho
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most common form of leishmaniasis affecting humans.[4] It is a skin infection caused by a single-celled parasite that is transmitted by the bite of a phlebotomine sand fly. There are about thirty species of Leishmania that may cause cutaneous leishmaniasis.

This disease is considered to be a zoonosis (an infectious disease that is naturally transmissible from animals to humans), with the exception of Leishmania tropica — which is often an anthroponotic disease (an infectious disease that is naturally transmissible from humans to vertebrate animals).[3]

  1. ^ Calvopiña M, Martinez L, Hashiguchi Y (August 2013). "Cutaneous leishmaniasis "chiclero's ulcer" in subtropical Ecuador". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 89 (2): 195–6. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.12-0690. PMC 3741233. PMID 23926136.
  2. ^ Stowers JH (1920). "Case of Delhi Boil or Sore (Syn.: Oriental Sore; Aleppo Boil)". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 13 (Dermatol Sect): 81–3. doi:10.1177/003591572001300351. PMC 2152205. PMID 19980989.
  3. ^ a b The Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics and the Center for Food Security and Public Health (October 2009). "Leishmaniasis (cutaneous and visceral)" (PDF). Ames, Iowa: College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  4. ^ James WD, Berger TG (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. p. 423. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.