title: Visceral leishmaniasis in Tunisia: result of the isoenzymatic characterization of 65 Leishmania infantum strains.
abstract: The isoenzymatic characterization of 65 Tunisian strains of Leishmania, isolated from human cases of visceral leishmaniasis between June 1998 and August 2001, revealed the existence of 3 zymodemes of the L. infantum complex: MON-1 the most common (93.8%), followed by MON-24 (3.1%) and MON-80 (3.1%). 72% of the strains were obtained from children under the age of 5 years. The majority of the studied strains originated from 8 provinces of northern Tunisia, particularly the province of Zaghouan.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital La Rabta, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belhadj
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pratlong
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Toumi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kallel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mahjoub
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Babba
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; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D015994:Incidence; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D015800:Protozoan Proteins