Cutaneous leishmaniasis: an overview of parasitology and host-parasite-vector inter relationship

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is expressed as a myriad of disease manifestations which dependupon parasite species, host responses, and poorly understood host-parasite-vectorinteractions. Several species of Leishmania are capable of infecting humans and causingdisease. This article is mainly focused on describing detailed characteristics of Leishmaniaparasite and vector (sandfly) transmitting the parasite to humans. Host-parasite-vector inter-relationship is also briefly touched in the article.