First identification of the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis in Djibouti: Leishmania donovani

F Pratlong; T Debord; E Garnotel; E Garrabé; P Marty; G Raphenon; J P Dedet

doi:10.1179/136485905X15553

First identification of the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis in Djibouti: Leishmania donovani

Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2005 Jan;99(1):21-5. doi: 10.1179/136485905X15553.

Authors

F Pratlong¹, T Debord, E Garnotel, E Garrabé, P Marty, G Raphenon, J P Dedet

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Parasitologie and Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, 163 rue Auguste Broussonet, 34090 Montpellier, France.

PMID: 15701251
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X15553

Abstract

The first identification of the Leishmania species responsible for visceral leishmaniasis in Djibouti is described. Four strains, obtained from three autochthonous cases, were identified by starch-gel electrophoresis and iso-enzyme analysis of 15 enzymatic systems. The strains were found to belong to two newly recognized zymodemes of L. donovani: MON-268 and MON-287.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Djibouti / epidemiology
Humans
Leishmania donovani / enzymology
Leishmania donovani / isolation & purification*
Leishmaniasis, Visceral / epidemiology
Leishmaniasis, Visceral / parasitology*
Male
Travel