Article
Genotypic profiles of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis strains from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients and their relationship with the response to meglumine antimoniate treatment: a pilot study.
Parasite (Paris, France) - 1 Jan 2017
Gagini Thalita, de Oliveira Schubach Armando, de Fatima Madeira Maria, Maria Valete-Rosalino Cláudia, Fernandes Pimentel Maria Inês, da Silva Pacheco Raquel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Forty-four strains isolated from a cohort of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) patients who did or did not respond to one course of treatment with meglumine antimoniate were investigated to explore genetic polymorphisms in parasite kinetoplast DNA minicircles. Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis strains isolated from responder (R) and non-responder (NR) patients who acquired infection in Rio de Janeiro or in...
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