| some methods for the enzymic characterization of latin-american leishmania with particular reference to leishmania mexicana amazonensis and subspecies of leishmania hertigi. | 30 brazilian stocks of leishmania mexicana amazonensis and 13 stocks of subspecies of leishmania hertigi were characterized by starch-gel electrophoresis, using 18 enzymes selected from a total of 36 investigated. l. m. amazonensis was separable from subspecies of l. hertigi by enzymic profiles of 11 enzymes. the l. m. amazonensis stocks, which were from a wide range of hosts in a large geographical area, were enzymically extremely homogeneous, and could only be subdivided on two enzymes; sub-gr ... | 1980 | 7385303 |