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Leishmaniasis - General Aspects of a Stigmatized Disease http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.95200 Edited by Leonardo de Azevedo Calderon

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Huseyin Istanbullu, Gulsah Bayraktar, R. Sivayogana, Aishwarya Krishnakumar, S. Kumaravel, Rajesh Rajagopal, P. Ravikanth, Mohammed Hassan Flaih, Tatiane Aranha da Penha-Silva, Sandra Alves de Araújo, Ana Lucia Abreu-Silva, Jaqueline Diniz Pinho, Marcelo de Souza Andrade, Karim Abdulkadim Muftin Al Zadawi, Samuel K. Kwofie, Gabriel B. Kwarko, Emmanuel Broni, Michael B. Buenor Adinortey, Michael D. Wilson, Nargis Shaheen, Chaitenya Verma, Naveeda Akhter Qureshi, Juliany Cola Fernandes Rodrigues, Brunno Renato Farias Verçoza, Alisson Amaral Da Rocha, Joseane Lima Prado Godinho, Sara Teixeira de Macedo-Silva, Gabrielle dos Santos da Silva e Miranda, Milena Barenco Pires De Abreu Sodré, Victor Feliciano Dos Santos Ramos, Patricia Xander, Andrey Sladkevicius Vidal, Talita Vieira Dupin, Aline Correia Costa de Morais, Rogéria Cristina Zauli, Wagner Luiz Batista, Medhavi Sudarshan, Sumit Sharan, Lara J. Herrero, Elina Panahi, Christopher S. Peacock, Danielle I. Stanisic, Leonardo de Azevedo Calderon, Natanael Endrew Souto Maior Torres Bonfim, Ana Lígia Barbour Scott

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Leishmaniasis - General Aspects of a Stigmatized Disease Edited by Leonardo de Azevedo Calderon p. cm. Print ISBN 978-1-83968-081-6 Online ISBN 978-1-83968-082-3 eBook (PDF) ISBN 978-1-83968-092-2
