uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

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A 60-year-old woman from rural Turkey presents with a 2-year history of a non-healing, painless ulcer on her cheek. She keeps dogs and lives near agricultural land. Biopsy of the ulcer margin shows amastigotes within macrophages. Which Leishmania species causes cutaneous leishmaniasis in this geographic setting?

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