The Expanding World of Human Leishmaniasis.
New Leishmania isolates form a novel group of human parasites related to Leishmania enrietti, with cases in Ghana, Thailand, and Martinique; other relatives infect Australian and South American wildlife. These parasites apparently cause both cutaneous and visceral disease, and may have evolved a novel transmission mechanism exploiting blood-feeding midges.
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambs, CB10 1SA, UK. Electronic address: james.cotton@sanger.ac.uk.
James A
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D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007891:Leishmania / Q000502:physiology*; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000635:transmission*
Leishmania; Leishmania enrietti; Leishmania martiniquensis; Leishmania siamensis; emerging pathogen; midges