Leishmania donovani Infection with Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014–2018

We conducted a molecular study of parasite sequences from a cohort of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Himachal Pradesh, India. Results revealed atypical cutaneous disease caused by Leishmania donovani parasites. L. donovani variants causing cutaneous manifestations in this region are different f...

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Autores principales: Thakur, Lovlesh, Singh, Kiran K., Kushwaha, Hemant R., Sharma, Sudarshan K., Shankar, Vinay, Negi, Ajeet, Verma, Ghanshyam, Kumari, Sandhya, Jain, Aklank, Jain, Manju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32687048
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.191761
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Sumario:We conducted a molecular study of parasite sequences from a cohort of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Himachal Pradesh, India. Results revealed atypical cutaneous disease caused by Leishmania donovani parasites. L. donovani variants causing cutaneous manifestations in this region are different from those causing visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern India.

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