| re-emergence of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in the greek island of crete. | leishmaniases are vector-borne diseases transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies. three species of leishmania are found in the mediterranean basin: leishmania infantum, the most common species responsible for both visceral (vl) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl); leishmania major, found in north africa and middle east causing cl; leishmania tropica with a limited presence in europe, causing cl. during the last 25 years, crete has become an endemic zone for l. infantum with a high number of infected ... | 2012 | 22217163 |
| will the introduction of leishmania tropica mon-58, in the island of crete, lead to the settlement and spread of this rare zymodeme? | the rare zymodeme, leishmania tropica mon-58, was isolated from a young afghan refugee with a facial cutaneous lesion who had come to live in crete early 2008. the same zymodeme variant was isolated from a local dog that had never travelled outside the island, with symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis, which stayed in the area where the patient worked during the summer months. this is the first record of l. tropica in a host, other than human, in greece and another example of introduction of a vec ... | 2014 | 24462941 |