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A putative Leishmania panamensis/Leishmania braziliensis hybrid is a causative agent of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Nicaragua.
Parasitology - 1 Nov 1994
Belli A A, Miles M A, Kelly J M
Abstract excerpt
As part of a survey of human leishmaniasis in Nicaragua we examined phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of 40 Leishmania isolates. We identified 3 distinct parasites associated with cutaneous disease in this area; Leishmania panamensis (40% of cases), Leishmania braziliensis (33%), and a str...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Protozoan
- Female
- Genes, Protozoan
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Isoenzymes
- Leishmania
- Leishmania braziliensis
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
- Male
- NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases
- Nicaragua
- Phenotype
- Reproduction