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Comparative genomics of canine-isolated Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis from an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, southeastern Brazil.
Scientific reports - 16 Jan 2017
Valdivia Hugo O, Almeida Laila V, Roatt Bruno M, Reis-Cunha João Luís, Pereira Agnes Antônia Sampaio, Gontijo Celia, Fujiwara Ricardo Toshio, Reis Alexandre B, Sanders Mandy J, Cotton James A, Bartholomeu Daniella C
Abstract excerpt
Leishmaniasis is a highly diverse group of diseases caused by kinetoplastid of the genus Leishmania. These parasites are taxonomically diverse, with human pathogenic species separated into two subgenera according to their development site inside the alimentary tract of the sand fly insect vector. The disease encompasses a variable spectrum of clinical manifestations with tegumentary or visceral symptoms. Among...
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