| cutaneous leishmaniasis: iso-enzyme characterisation of leishmania tropica. | in order to identify and characterise the organisms responsible for cutaneous leishmaniasis, parasites were isolated from active lesions, grown in-vitro cultures and identified by iso-enzyme characterisation. thirteen isolates from different patients were typed as l. tropica. seven of these isolates were from afghan refugees encamped in the suburbs of islamabad, 3 were from patients in multan, 1 was from a patient from azad jammu and kashmir and 1 was from besham (swat, nwfp). the study confirms ... | 1997 | 9510629 |