Leishmania shawi
Leishmania (V.) shawi occurs in regions south of the Amazon river. In the Santarem microregion, it accounts for 26% of the cases, while another 17% were caused by guyanensis/shawi hybrids. Leishmania (V.) shawi was not recorded in the Belem Metropolitan region , but in the past cases have been recorded in the Southeastern regions of Para State.
isolate
M8408
host
Sapajus apella
isolation_source
skin
collection_date
1984
geo_loc_name
Brazil: Mountain Caraja, Para State
tissue
culture
identified_by
J. J. Shaw
BioSampleModel
Invertebrate