Volume 15, Number 6—June 2009
Historical Review
Drought, Smallpox, and Emergence of Leishmania braziliensis in Northeastern Brazil
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Figure 2. Weeping ulcer (pizza-like lesion) in a patient with typical cutaneous leishmaniasis, Ceará, Brazil. Source (2).
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