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Cutaneous leishmaniasis

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most common form of leishmaniasis affecting humans. It is a skin infection caused by a single-celled parasite that is transmitted by the bite of a phlebotomine sand fly. About 30 species of Leishmania may cause cutaneous leishmaniasis. This disease is considered to be a zoonosis (an infectious disease that is naturally transmissible from animals to humans), with the exception of Leishmania tropica, which is often an anthroponotic disease (an infectious disease that is naturally transmissible from humans to vertebrate animals).

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• ▸1889–1890 pandemic
• ▸Fracking
• ▸Jewel in the Palace

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