Oronasal leishmaniasis caused by a parasite with an unusual isoenzyme profile

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作者
Ibrahim, M
Suliman, A
Hashim, FA
Khalil, EAG
Evans, DA
Kharazmi, A
ElHassan, AM
机构
[1] NATL PUBL HLTH LAB,KHARTOUM,SUDAN
[2] LONDON SCH HYG & TROP MED,DEPT MED PARASITOL,LONDON WC1,ENGLAND
[3] UNIV COPENHAGEN,CTR MED PARASITOL,COPENHAGEN,DENMARK
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10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.96
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
A 45-year-old Sudanese man from western Sudan presented with oronasal leishmaniasis of three years duration. He had no history of previous kala-azar or cutaneous leishmaniasis, The parasite isolated from the oral mucosa was characterized by isoenzymes using 12 enzymes and by polymerase chain reaction amplification of kinetoplast DNA using species-specific primers. The specific primers gave products indistinguishable from those of the Leishmania donovani complex. However, the isoenzyme profile showed a zymodeme pattern that was significantly different from the zymodemes peviously reported in the Sudan and the Ethiopian region.
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