title: [Leishmania major MON-117, an agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mauritania].
abstract: The causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mauritania is identified for the first time as Leishmania major MON-117, a new zymodeme closely related to MON-26. The authors point out the need to study this previously unknown focus.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire central, CHU Parnet, Hussein-Dey, Algérie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belazzoug
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ammar-Khodja
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pratlong
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rioux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007895:Leishmania tropica / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008435:Mauritania / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Leishmania major MON-117, agent de la leishmaniose cutanée en Mauritanie.