Abstract
In Brazil, despite many species of Leishmania may cause American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL), Leishmania (V.) braziliensis and Leishmania (L.) amazonensis are the major pathogenic species to humans. Depending of the species of the parasite and the immune response of the host, there are different clinical forms of disease, known as localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL), mucocutaneous l…