Ultrastructural characteristics of leishmania (L.)tropica (Wright, 1903) and cell-parasite relationships in cutaneous leishmaniasis. Light and electron microscopic study.

A light and electron microscopic study of skin biopsies taken from 9 patients with ulcerative leishmaniasis of both sexes aged from 14 to 26 years in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan was carried out. Based on clinical, morphological and electron microscopic parameters, all patients were diagnosed with ulcerative cutaneous anthroponotic leishmaniasis (Leishmania (L.) tropica).