Hector Alejandro Serrano Coll, Lucero Aristizábal-Parra, Eric Wan, Yohan Danilo López, Ángela M Tobón
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American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) is an infectious disease affecting the skin and mucous membranes. ATL is caused by parasites of the Leishmania genus with around one million cases are reported each year worldwide. This paper describes three rare cases of tegumentary leishmaniasis treated at a tropical disease research center.