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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 |
Appears in Collections: | Medi-Scope, Issue 4 Medi-Scope, Issue 4 |
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