Leishmania guyanensis
Leishmania (V.) guyanensis occurs in a vast region to the north of the Amazon river. In 2000, 100% of the cases from Manaus were caused by Leishmania (V.) guyanensis, but 10 years later they represented 73% of the cases. In the Guiana shield and the Guianas it is involved in 80-94% of the cases.
isolate
M4147
host
Homo sapiens
isolation_source
skin
collection_date
1975
geo_loc_name
Brazil: North of Amazon River
tissue
culture
collected_by
J.J. Shaw
BioSampleModel
Invertebrate