Relevance of Epidemiological Surveillance in Travelers: an Imported Case of Leishmania Tropica in Mexico

Overview

Journal Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2020 Jun 25

PMID 32578727

Citations 4

Authors

Edith Araceli Fernandez-Figueroa

Sokani Sanchez-Montes

Haydee Miranda-Ortiz

Alfredo Mendoza-Vargas

Rocely Cervantes-Sarabia

Roberto Alejandro Cardenas-Ovando

Adriana Ruiz-Remigio

Ingeborg Becker

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Abstract

We report the case of a patient with cutaneous leishmaniasis who showed a rapidly progressing ulcerative lesion after traveling to multiple countries where different Leishmania species are endemic. Diagnosis of Leishmania tropica, an exotic species in Mexico was established by using serological and molecular tools.

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