title: [Infantile visceral leishmaniasis from Leishmania infantum MON-24: a reality in Tunisia].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, Hôpital La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belhadj
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pratlong
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mahjoub
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Toumi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Azaiez
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dedet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chaker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D014416:Tunisia