[Localized cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum MON-1 contracted in northern Algeria].
Classically, the agent of the sporadic skin leishmaniasis in Northern Algeria is Leishmania infantum MON-24. This paper reports the first documented observation of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum zymodeme MON-1 in Northern Algeria. The interest of using the Western blot serological analysis to guide the diagnosis and the usefulness of the hamster inoculation to isolate Leishmania from pauciparasitized lesion is demonstrated.
Marty
P
P
Groupe de recherche en immunopathologie de la leishmaniose, Faculté de médecine, Nice, France.
Lacour
J P
JP
Pratlong
F
F
Perrin
C
C
del Giudice
P
P
Le Fichoux
Y
Y
D000462:Algeria; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002648:Child; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*
Leishmaniose cutanée localisée due à Leishmania infantum MON-1 contractée dans le nord de l'Algérie.