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Humans can become infected with Leishmania spp. by:eating undercooked meat of animal harbouring tissue cysts.consuming food or water contaminated with faeces from an infected cat.transplacental infection from mother to foetus.being bitten by an infected Phlebotoma sandfly

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Humans can become infected with Leishmania spp. by:eating undercooked meat of animal harbouring tissue cysts.consuming food or water contaminated with faeces from an infected cat.transplacental infection from mother to foetus.being bitten by an infected Phlebotoma sandfly

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Humans can become infected with Leishmania spp. by being bitten by an infected Phlebotoma sandfly. The other methods mentioned (eating undercooked meat of an animal harbouring tissue cysts, consuming food or water contaminated with faeces from an infected cat, and transplacental infection from mother to foetus) are not associated with Leishmania spp. transmission. Leishmaniasis, the disease caused by Le

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