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first identification of the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis in djibouti: leishmania donovani.

the first identification of the leishmania species responsible for visceral leishmaniasis in djibouti is described. four strains, obtained from three autochthonous cases, were identified by starch-gel electrophoresis and iso-enzyme analysis of 15 enzymatic systems. the strains were found to belong to two newly recognized zymodemes of l. donovani: mon-268 and mon-287.