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Eur J Epidemiol
; 17(8): 793-5, 2001.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12086100
ABSTRACT
A rare case report of American leishmaniasis imported to Italy after a prolonged journey in Brazil is described, and discussed according to the recent epidemiologic, diagnostic, and clinical literature evidence. Since a delayed diagnosis and treatment of American leishmaniasis outside endemic areas is common (due to a low clinical suspicion), careful and timely consideration of tropical infections is warranted in the differential diagnosis of cutaneous lesions found in a European traveller.