[Infantile visceral leishmaniasis from Leishmania infantum MON-24: a reality in Tunisia].
The authors report the first documented observation of infantile visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum MON-24 zymodeme in Tunisia. This zymodeme was isolated from a non-immunodepressed two-year-old child, with visceral leishmaniasis, originating from Zaghouan, in northern Tunisia. This case shows that beside L. infantum MON-1 and MON-80, L. infantum MON-24, the usual parasite of cutaneous leishmaniasis, there exists also a causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis in our country.
Belhadj
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Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, Hôpital La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie.
Pratlong
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F
Mahjoub
H
H
Toumi
N H
NH
Azaiez
R
R
Dedet
J P
JP
Chaker
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E
D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D014416:Tunisia