Vast travelling nowadays into warm subtropical and tropical regions demands more knowledge about infectious diseases outside our temperate climate. A leishmaniasis infection in Europeans is no rarity today because of its vast distribution in Africa. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is now considered a spectral and polar disease not unlike leprosy, caused by the leishmania parasite but also influenced by the host's immune response and intolerance. Therefore, diagnosis and treatment of a cutaneous leishmaniasis request an immunopathohistological view of the case.
BT - Zeitschrift fur Hautkrankheiten C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7164530?dopt=Abstract DA - 1982 Dec 01 IS - 23 J2 - Z. Hautkr. LA - ger N2 -Vast travelling nowadays into warm subtropical and tropical regions demands more knowledge about infectious diseases outside our temperate climate. A leishmaniasis infection in Europeans is no rarity today because of its vast distribution in Africa. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is now considered a spectral and polar disease not unlike leprosy, caused by the leishmania parasite but also influenced by the host's immune response and intolerance. Therefore, diagnosis and treatment of a cutaneous leishmaniasis request an immunopathohistological view of the case.
PY - 1982 SP - 1709 EP - 21 T2 - Zeitschrift fur Hautkrankheiten TI - [Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Africa. Classification-clinical picture-treatment]. VL - 57 SN - 0301-0481 ER -