title: [Leishmania infantum MON-1: the only zymodeme isolated in canine leishmaniasis in Tunisia].
abstract: Iso-enzymatic characterization of 19 Leishmania strains isolated from Tunisian dogs revealed that all correspond to Leishmania infantum MON-1. This confirms the role of dog as a reservoir of the commonest zymodeme responsible for human visceral leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean basin. However, and in spite of the high number of identifications, many zymodemes, mainly the dermotropic ones as Leishmania infantum MON-24, frequently reported in humans, had never been isolated from dogs. The study of their cultural characteristics may contribute to explain the particular iso-enzymatic profile of dogs strains.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie clinique, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, 13 Pl. Pasteur, BP 74, 1002 Tunis, Tunisie. Karim.Aoun@fmt.rnu.tn
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoun
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Diouani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benikhlef
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouratbine
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Haj Ali
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Harrat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belkaïd
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kilani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ben Ismaïl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014416:Tunisia
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes