Visceral leishmaniasis, also known as bad luck, is a disease caused mainly by the protozoa Leishmania chagasi and Leishmania donovani, and occurs when the mosquito of the species Lutzomyia longipalpis, infected with a species of protozoa, bites a person and releases this parasite into the bloodstream. , causing the disease. This type of leishmaniasis mainly […]
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Kala azar, also called visceral leishmaniasis or tropical spoverosis, is a disease caused mainly by the protozoa Leishmania chagasi and Leishmania donovani, and occurs when the mosquito of the species Lutzomyia longipalpis, popularly known as a straw mosquito or birigui, is infected with one of the protozoa, bites the person and releases it into the
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Human skin leishmaniasis is an infectious disease that spreads around the world, caused by an infection with the protozoa Leishmania, which causes heinous sores on the skin and mucous membranes of the body. In Brazil, U.S. skin leishmaniasis, commonly known as “bauru ulcer” or “wild ulcer,” is transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Lutzomyia, known
