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Leishmania guyanensis
Etiologic agent of New World cutaneous & mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.
Epidemiology:
1) distribution: Columbia, Brazil, Surinam, French Guyana, Gyuana, Ecuador
2) reservoirs: sloths, anteaters
Related
cutaneous leishmaniasis (oriental sore)
mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (espundia)
General
Leishmania
Properties
KINGDOM: animal
PHYLUM: protozoa
References
- Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods,
19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia,
PA. 1996, pg 1267
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed.
Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 899