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Title: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Gozo
Authors: Vella Briffa, Dino
Keywords: Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
Kala-azar -- Malta
Leishmaniasis -- Diagnosis
Leishmaniasis -- Treatment
Issue Date: 1983
Publisher: University of Malta Medical School
Citation: Vella Briffa, D. (1983). Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Gozo. Medi-Scope, 4, 12-13.
Abstract: Leishmaniasis is caused by a protozoon which has a flagellate (promastigote) stage in the sandfly and an . ovoid (amastigote) stage in human tissues. Three species of Leishmania are generally described although morphologically they are identical: (a) Leishmania donovani, producing 1. Visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) 2. Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (b) Leishmania tropica, producing 3. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (c) Leishmania braziIiensis, producing 4. Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis Kala-azar is endemic in the Maltese islands, and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis has been recorded at least once. However, this is the first description of primary cutaneous leishmaniasis acquired locally.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/20071
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