Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: The Complexity of Host’s Effective Immune Response against a Polymorphic Parasitic Disease

This review is aimed at providing a comprehensive outline of the immune response displayed against cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), the more common zoonotic infection caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. Although of polymorphic clinical presentation, classically CL is characterized by...

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Main Authors: Áurea Gabriel, Ana Valério-Bolas, Joana Palma-Marques, Patrícia Mourata-Gonçalves, Pedro Ruas, Tatiana Dias-Guerreiro, Gabriela Santos-Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Immunology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2603730