Mucosal leishmaniasis: A Retrospective Study of 327 Cases from an Endemic Area of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis (original) (raw)
2017, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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The frequency of Leishmania ( Viannia) braziliensis infection was assessed in 79 of the 138 patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis who attended a reference outpatient unit in Manaus, Amazonas state, between the August and December of 1997. The disease was characterized by one or more cutaneous ulcers, the skin lesions being frequently associated with satellite lymph-node enlargement. All parasite isolates were identi ed using monoclonal antibodies and enzyme electrophoresis. Only two (2.8%) of the 71 patients from whom parasites were successfully isolated were found to be infected with L. ( V.) braziliensis, the other 69 isolates being identi ed, from their isoenzyme pro les, as L. ( V.) guyanensis. In the Manaus region, therefore, almost all human cutaneous leishmaniasis is the result of infection with L. ( V.) guyanensis, and L. ( V.) braziliensis is a relatively rare cause of the disease.
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