Identification, using isoenzyme electrophoresis and monoclonal antibodies, of Leishmania isolated from humans and wild animals of Ecuador.
Six strains of Leishmania isolated from wild mammals and humans on the Pacific Coast of Ecuador were identified by isoenzyme electrophoresis and by their reactivity patterns to a cross-panel of specific monoclonal antibodies using a radioimmune binding assay. Single isolates from Sciurus vulgaris, Potos flavus, and Tamandua tetradactyla were identified as Leishmania amazonensis. Three other strains, isolated from cutaneous lesions of humans, were identified as Leishmania panamensis.
Mimori
T
T
Department of Parasitic Diseases, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.
Grimaldi
G
G
Kreutzer
R D
RD
Gomez
E A
EA
McMahon-Pratt
D
D
Tesh
R B
RB
Hashiguchi
Y
Y
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004484:Ecuador; D004586:Electrophoresis / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis*; D007891:Leishmania / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007527:Isoenzymes