Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by an unknown leishmania strain, Arizona, USA

Marcos de Almeida, Yueli Zheng, Fernanda S. Nascimento, Henry Bishop, Vitaliano A. Cama, Dhwani Batra, Yvette Unoarumhi, Abaseen K. Afghan, Vivian Y. Shi, Philip E. LeBoit, Eugene W. Liu, Fariba M. Donovan

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Abstract

We investigated an autochthonous case of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by a genetically different Leishmania sp. in a patient in Arizona, USA. This parasite was classified into the subgenus Leishmania on the basis of multilocus DNA sequence and phylogenetic analyses of the rRNA locus and 11 reference genes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1714-1717
Number of pages4
JournalEmerging infectious diseases
Volume27
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Epidemiology
  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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