Montserrat Pérez López's scientific contributions

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In Central America, few cases of leprosy have been reported, but the disease may be unrecognized. Diagnosis is based on clinical criteria and histology. Preliminary field work in Nicaragua and Honduras found patients, including many children, with skin lesions clinically suggestive of atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis or indeterminate leprosy. Histo...

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... Similar reports from Brazil (Oliveira et al., 1986) and Honduras (Ponce et al., 1991) also identified L. donovani chagasi -today recognized to be L.(L.) infantum-as the causative agent (Akhoundi et al., 2017). Recent findings from Soto et al (2017) in Nicaragua and Honduras have confirmed the occurrence of L.(L.) infantum in atypical cutaneous lesions, predominantly from children living in endemic areas. ...