title: [Importance of amastigote forms morphology to differentiate Leishmania infantum and Leishmania major species].
abstract: The microscopic study of the dermal smears of 62 cases of cutaneous leishmaniose, 27 infected by Leishmania (L.) infantum and 35 by L. major, showed that the amastigotes of L. infantum are meaningfully smaller (p < 0.001). This criteria is a simple pary alternative to distinguish these 2 species which have completely different epidemiology, recovery delay and prophylactic dispositions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie clinique, Institut pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 1002 Tunis Belvédère, Tunisie.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoun
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Chahed
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mokni
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Harrat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouratbine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001399:Azure Stains; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018320:Leishmania major / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008853:Microscopy / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D013045:Species Specificity; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D001399:Azure Stains