Isolation of Leishmania mexicana from Neotoma micropus collected in Texas.
A female Neotoma micropus infected with Leishmania was collected in Zavala County, Texas, on 15 January 1990. The infection was limited to lesions at the bases of the ears, and the parasite grew readily in Schneider's Drosophila medium supplemented with 20% fetal bovine serum. Isozyme analysis determined the parasite to be Leishmania mexicana.
Epidemiology Division, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas 78235-5301.
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D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis; D007894:Leishmania mexicana / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016205:Sigmodontinae / Q000469:parasitology*; D013781:Texas; D015047:Zoonoses
D007527:Isoenzymes