Mutations in SLC11A1 have been associated with susceptibility to diseases such as tuberculosis in Chinese population (65), kawasaki disease in Japanese population (66), cutaneous leishmaniasis in Pakistani population (67), type 2 diabetes mellitus in Iranian population (68) and many other ancestry specific variants that offer resistance or heightened susceptibility to disease (69). This evidence concerns the gene SLC11A1 and cutaneous leishmaniasis.