Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is one of the most prevalent
clinical forms of leishmaniasis , also it is endemic disease in Syria. And in
spite of the great efforts to control the disease the annual incidence is still
increased. Furthermore, tourism
, migration, and prevalence of acquired
immunodeficiency (AIDS) all these factors increase the spread of this
disease to new areas around the world.
Recently, studies suggest that cytokines gene polymorphisms can contribute
to resistance or susceptibility to many diseases and one of these diseases is
CL .
