We investigated an autochthonous case of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by a genetically different Leishmania sp. in a patient in Arizona, USA. This parasite was classified into the subgenus Leishmania on the basis of multilocus DNA sequence and phylogenetic analyses of the rRNA locus and 11 reference genes.
Keywords: Arizona; Leishmania; United States; autochthonous leishmaniasis; clinical case; cutaneous leishmaniasis; leishmaniasis; parasites; subgenus; unknown strain; vector-borne infections; zoonoses.