Epidemiology
Etiology
- Transmission
- Vector: phlebotomine sand fly
Pathophysiology
Clinical features
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
- Painless solitary or multiple reddish macules and/or papules around the sandfly bite that increase in size and develop central ulceration
Diagnostics
- Microscopy: macrophages that contain amastigotes
- Amastigote: round or oval with a peripherally located nucleus
- Amastigote: round or oval with a peripherally located nucleus