Clinical and parasitological factors in parasite persistence after treatment and clinical cure of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Alvaro J Martínez-ValenciaCarlos Frisherald Daza-RiveraMariana Rosales-ChilamaAlexandra CossioElkin J Casadiego RincónMayur M DesaiNancy Gore SaraviaMaría Adelaida GómezPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2017)
Leishmania persist in skin and mucosal tissues in a high proportion of patients who achieved therapeutic cure of CL. This finding prompts assessment of the contribution of persistent infection in transmission and endemicity of CL, and in disease reactivation and protective immunity.