Sri Lankan cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37.
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.
Karunaweera
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ND
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka. nadira@cmb.ac.lk
Pratlong
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F
Siriwardane
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HV
Ihalamulla
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RL
Dedet
J P
JP
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
D007527:Isoenzymes