| leishmania major, the predominant leishmania species responsible for cutaneous leishmaniasis in mali. | leishmania major is the only species of leishmania known to cause cutaneous leishmanisis (cl) in mali. we amplified leishmania dna stored on archived giemsa-stained dermal scraping slides obtained from self-referral patients with clinically suspected cl seen in the center national d'appui a la lutte contre la maladie (cnam) in bamako, mali, to determine if any other leishmania species were responsible for cl in mali and evaluate its geographic distribution. polymerase chain reaction (pcr) amplif ... | 2013 | 23324218 |
| prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in districts of high and low endemicity in mali. | historically the western sahelian dry regions of mali are known to be highly endemic for cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) caused by leishmania major, while cases are rarely reported from the southern savanna forest of the country. here, we report baseline prevalence of cl infection in 3 ecologically distinct districts of mali (dry sahelian, north savanna and southern savanna forest areas). we screened 195 to 250 subjects from 50 to 60 randomly selected households in each of the 6 villages (four from ... | 2016 | 27898671 |