| a putative leishmania panamensis/leishmania braziliensis hybrid is a causative agent of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in nicaragua. | as part of a survey of human leishmaniasis in nicaragua we examined phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of 40 leishmania isolates. we identified 3 distinct parasites associated with cutaneous disease in this area; leishmania panamensis (40% of cases), leishmania braziliensis (33%), and a strain which exhibits the heterozygous isoenzyme and dna fingerprinting patterns expected of a l. panamensis/l. braziliensis hybrid (27%). there was complete correlation between the isoenzyme and dna data f ... | 1994 | 7800411 |