2002•Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneRequires access
Isoenzymatic identification of Leishmania isolates from repeated clinical human leishmaniasis episodes in Catalonia (Spain)
Montserrat Gállego, Francine Pratlong, Cristina Riera, Carmen Muñoz, Esteban Ribera, Roser Fisa, J. A. Rioux, Jean-Pierre Dedet, Montserrat Portús
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Abstract
Forty human strains of Leishmania infantum isolated in 1985-99 from 17 patients with repeated cutaneous, mucosal or visceral leishmaniasis episodes in Catalonia (Spain) were examined by isoenzyme electrophoresis. Six zymodemes were revealed: MON-1, MON-24, MON-28, MON-29, MON-33 and MON-34. In 2 patients 2 different zymodemes were identified in consecutive episodes.