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Multiclonal Leishmania braziliensis population structure and its clinical implication in a region of endemicity for American tegumentary leishmaniasis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 2004
Schriefer A, Schriefer A L F, Góes-Neto A, Guimarães L H, Carvalho L P, Almeida R P, Machado P R, Lessa H A, de Jesus A Ribeiro, Riley L W, Carvalho E M
Abstract excerpt
In Corte de Pedra (CP), northeastern Brazil, Leishmania braziliensis causes three distinct forms of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL). To test the hypothesis that strain polymorphism may be involved in this disease spectrum and accurately characterize the parasite population structure in CP, we compared one L. major, two non-CP L. braziliensis, one CP L. amazonensis, and 45 CP L. braziliensis isolates,...
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