| kdna genetic signatures obtained by lssp-pcr analysis of leishmania (leishmania) infantum isolated from the new and the old world. | visceral leishmaniasis (vl) caused by species from the leishmania donovani complex is the most severe form of the disease, lethal if untreated. vl caused by leishmania infantum is a zoonosis with an increasing number of human cases and millions of dogs infected in the old and the new world. in this study, l. infantum (syn. l.chagasi) strains were isolated from human and canine vl cases. the strains were obtained from endemic areas from brazil and portugal and their genetic polymorphism was ascer ... | 2012 | 22912862 |
| the isolation of leishmania donovani mon-18, from an aids patient in portugal: possible needle transmission. | the spread of hiv infection into leishmaniasis endemic areas has increased the incidence of immunosupressed patients with kalaazar in portugal. the dermotropic zymodeme mon-24 of leishmania infantum has been already isolated from a portuguese aids patient, as in some other mediterranean countries. in this paper we report the isolation of l. donovani mon-18 from a drug addicted portuguese patient with clinical visceral leishmaniasis and aids, that suggests a mechanically transmitted infection by ... | 1994 | 9140504 |