Leishmaniasis

Berman, Jonathan D.

Leishmaniasis

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Abstract:

Leishmaniasis is caused by infection with protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. There are three major forms of clinical disease cutaneous, mucosal, and visceral. Leishmaniasis is an arthopod-borne disease and is acquired via the bite of the female sandfly vector. The reservoirs of disease are animals such as desert rats, sloths, horses, rodents, foxes and dogs.

Author(s):

Berman, Jonathan D.

Author Organization(s):

WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC

Supplementary Note:

Pub. in Antimicrobial Agents and Intracellular Pathogens, ch13 p303-321 1993

Annotation:

Reprint: Leishmaniasis

Pagination:

0021

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:

Approved For Public Release

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR

Identifying Numbers

Report Number(s):

WR-91-93

Monitor Series:

USAMRDC

Subject Terms

Joint Capability Areas:

JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation

Communities of Interest:

Biomedical

Descriptor(s):

*LEISHMANIASIS, *DISEASE VECTORS, RATS, DISEASES, ANIMALS, HORSES, RESERVOIRS, PARASITES, RODENTS, LEISHMANIA

Field(s)/Group(s):

Medicine and Medical Research, Microbiology

Keyword(s):

SAND FLIES, VISCERAL DISEASES, MUCOSAL DISEASES, CUTANEOUS DISEASES

Report Date:

1992 Jan 01