The first case of concomitant visceral leishmaniasis and non-ulcerated cutaneous leishmaniasis in the same patient has been reported recently by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in São Paulo state, Brazil, in an article published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. The study was funded by FAPESP and draws attention to novel aspects of a disease that is advancing nationwide. The patient, a nine-year-old boy admitted to the hospital run by the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), was infected by Leishmania infantum, a protozoan parasite that causes visceral leishmaniasis, and by another parasite of an as-yet unconfirmed species belonging to the genus Crithidia that causes symptoms similar to those of leishmaniasis, or even more severe symptoms in some cases.

https://www.miragenews.com/new-parasite-species-co-infects-visceral-1061935/

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