Leishmaniasis in Bahia, Brazil: evidence that Leishmania amazonensis produces a wide spectrum of clinical disease.
Barral A, Pedral-Sampaio D, Grimaldi G, Momen H, McMahon-Pratt D, de Jesus A, Almeida R, Badaro R, Barral-Netto M, Carvalho E, Johnson W. Leishmaniasis in Bahia, Brazil: evidence that Leishmania amazonensis produces a wide spectrum of clinical disease. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1991, 44: 536-46. PMID: 2063957, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1991.44.536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMucocutaneous leishmaniasisCutaneous leishmaniasisClinical presentationVisceral leishmaniasisCases of CLMonoclonal antibodiesLeishmania amazonensisCases of DCLL. amazonensis infectionDifferent clinical presentationsDifferent clinical formsDifferent Leishmania speciesAmazonensis infectionClinical groundsIndistinguishable clinical presentationDermal leishmaniasisSpecific monoclonal antibodiesClinical formsClinical diseaseLeishmanial diseaseL. chagasiWide spectrumLeishmania referenceLeishmaniasisL. amazonensis