Abstract
The first documented human case of visceral leishmaniasis caused by L. mexicana amazonensis is reported. Leishmania were isolated from bone marrow aspirate material from a typical visceral leishmaniasis patient. Further characterization by isoenzyme electrophoresis and by a panel of species- and subspecies-specific monoclonal antibodies established its classification as L. m. amazonensis.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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Bone Marrow / parasitology*
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Isoenzymes / analysis
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Leishmania mexicana / classification
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Leishmania mexicana / enzymology
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Leishmania mexicana / immunology
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Leishmania mexicana / isolation & purification*
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Leishmaniasis, Visceral / parasitology*
Substances
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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Isoenzymes