Visceral Leishmaniasis in Traveler to Guyana Caused by Leishmania siamensis, London, UK

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jan;24(1):155-156. doi: 10.3201/eid2401.161428.

Abstract

The parasite Leishmania siamensis is a zoonotic agent of leishmaniasis; infection in animals has been documented in Europe and the United States. Reported authochthonous human infections have been limited to Thailand. We report a case of human visceral Leishmania siamensis infection acquired in Guyana, suggesting colonization in South America.

Keywords: Leishmania siamensis, parasites, visceral leishmaniasis, zoonosis, phlebotomine sand fly, Sergentomyia (Neophlebotomus) gemmea, anthropophilic, zoophilic, authochthonous, hepatosplenomegaly, cervical lymphadenopathy; sequence typing, sandflies, zoonoses, Guyana, South America, Thailand.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
  • DNA, Intergenic / genetics
  • DNA, Protozoan / genetics
  • Female
  • Guyana / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Leishmania / classification*
  • Leishmania / genetics
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / drug therapy
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / epidemiology*
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / parasitology*
  • London / epidemiology
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • Travel

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • DNA, Intergenic
  • DNA, Protozoan
  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • Amphotericin B