Infectious Diseases

Question 1

Name the disease with the following traits:

1. Obtained from South America
2. Lesion initially a papule then turned into nodule then ulcer
3. The ulcer is pruritic with raised undulated borders
4. Thin smears of dermal scraping show amastigotes when stained with Giemsa

Answer 1

Cutaneous leishmaniasis

Question 2

Oral hairy leukoplakia is a sign of immunodeficiency in the reactivation of which virus?

Answer 2

Epstein Barr virus