Contact with intact forest ecosystems can lead to chiclero's ulcer
By Environmental Health Program
2014 (approx.)
Detailed Description
Contact with intact forest ecosystems can lead to cutaneous leishmaniasis, also known as "chiclero's ulcer" (inset). Inset image Copyright 1997, 2004 by Current Medicine LLC. All rights reserved. Image reproduced here with kind permission from Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Public Domain.
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