Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Kenya.

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Tytuł:: Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Kenya.
Autorzy:: Mebrahtu Y; Walter Reed Project, USAMRU-Kenya, Nairobi.
Oster CN
Shatry AM
Hendricks LD
Githure JI
Rees PH
Perkins PV
Leeuwenburg J
Źródło:: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg] 1987; Vol. 81 (6), pp. 923-4.
Typ publikacji:: Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Język:: English
Imprint Name(s):: Publication: 2013- : Oxford : Oxford University Press
Original Publication: 1920- : London : Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
MeSH Terms:: Leishmania tropica/*isolation & purification
Leishmaniasis/*parasitology
Animals ; Child ; Electrophoresis, Cellulose Acetate ; Female ; Humans ; Kenya ; Leishmania tropica/enzymology ; Leishmaniasis/enzymology ; Male
Entry Date(s):: Date Created: 19870101 Date Completed: 19881123 Latest Revision: 20190510
Update Code:: 20240104
DOI:: 10.1016/0035-9203(87)90352-x
PMID:: 3503409
: Czasopismo naukowe

9 leishmanial strains, isolated from cutaneous papulonodular lesions on 3 patients, were characterized by cellulose acetate electrophoresis using 7 enzymes. The patterns obtained were indistinguishable from those of a Leishmania tropica reference strain and these 9 strains were similar to L. tropica in failing to infect mice. Although these 3 patients were Americans, their only potential exposure to sandflies was in Kenya, and thus they are believed to be the first cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. tropica in Kenya.

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