title: Sri Lankan cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37.
abstract: Sri Lankan cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), once considered sporadic, is fairly widespread in some parts of the country. Identification of 5 isolates from 4 CL patients by enzyme analysis during 2002 showed that they were all Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37, the parasite which also causes visceral leishmaniasis in India and East Africa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka. nadira@cmb.ac.lk
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Karunaweera
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pratlong
authors.forename: H V Y D
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Siriwardane
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Ihalamulla
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dedet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000469:parasitology*; D013188:Sri Lanka
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes