Sri Lankan cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Jul-Aug;97(4):380-1. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90061-7.

Abstract

Sri Lankan cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), once considered sporadic, is fairly widespread in some parts of the country. Identification of 5 isolates from 4 CL patients by enzyme analysis during 2002 showed that they were all Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37, the parasite which also causes visceral leishmaniasis in India and East Africa.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Isoenzymes / analysis
  • Leishmania donovani / classification
  • Leishmania donovani / enzymology
  • Leishmania donovani / isolation & purification*
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / parasitology*
  • Sri Lanka

Substances

  • Isoenzymes