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American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis is a disease endemic on the America continent from northern Mexico to Argentina. This disease is of major importance in Peru, with over 2700 new cases being reported annually to Peruvian Ministry of Health, a figure which most probably is an underestimate1.
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Guevara, L., Paz, L., Nieto, E., Llanos, A. (1989). Use of a Dot-Elisa Procedure for the Detection of Specific Antibodies in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. In: Hart, D.T. (eds) Leishmaniasis. NATO ASI Series, vol 171. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1575-9_43
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