Cutaneous leishmaniasis of man due to Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi Lainson and Shaw, 1989.
Until recently mammalian hosts of Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi Lainson & Shaw, 1989 have been limited to armadillos, Dasypus novemcinctus, in Amazonian Brazil. Past evidence for human cutaneous leishmaniasis due to this parasite is reviewed, and a recent infection in man reported, with identification of the parasite by isoenzyme profiles and a specific monoclonal antibody. The role of some phlebotomine sandfly species as vectors is discussed.
Lainson
R
R
Department of Parasitology, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Pará, Brazil.
Shaw
J J
JJ
Silveira
F T
FT
Braga
R R
RR
Ishikawa
E A
EA
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000032:analysis; D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007527:Isoenzymes