title: Isoenzyme characterization of Leishmania from man, dog and sandflies in the Maltese islands.
abstract: As a part of a general survey on leishmaniases and sandflies of the Maltese islands, 22 Leishmania stocks were isolated from human visceral (1) and cutaneous (1) cases, dogs (16) and sandflies (4). They were characterized by the analysis of 15 enzymes. The commonest Mediterranean L. infantum zymodeme, MON 1, was found to cause human and canine visceral leishmaniasis; L. infantum MON 78, which has so far been isolated only in Malta, was the agent of human cutaneous leishmaniasis. Both zymodemes were isolated from the same sandfly species, Phlebotomus perniciosus.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Parassitologia, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gradoni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gramiccia
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Léger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pesson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Madulo-Leblond
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Killick-Kendrick
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Killick-Kendrick
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Walton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs / Q000469:parasitology*; D004586:Electrophoresis; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis*; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000662:veterinary; D008319:Malta; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes