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First Isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand: Case Report, Identification as Leishmania martiniquensis and Phylogenetic Position within the Leishmania enriettii Complex

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dc.contributor.author Pothirat, Thatawan
dc.contributor.author Tantiworawit, Adisak
dc.contributor.author Chaiwarith, Romanee
dc.contributor.author Jariyapan, Narissara
dc.contributor.author Wannasan, Anchalee
dc.contributor.author Siriyasatien, Padet
dc.contributor.author Supparatpinyo, Khuanchai
dc.contributor.author Bates, Michelle D.
dc.contributor.author Kwakye-Nuako, Godwin
dc.contributor.author Bates, Paul A.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-07-08T11:27:23Z
dc.date.available 2022-07-08T11:27:23Z
dc.date.issued 2014-10
dc.identifier.issn 23105496
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8432
dc.description 8p:, ill. en_US
dc.description.abstract Since 1996, there have been several case reports of autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in Thailand. Here we report a case in a 52-year-old Thai male from northern Thailand, who presented with subacute fever, huge splenomegaly and pancytopenia. Bone marrow aspiration revealed numerous amastigotes within macrophages. Isolation of Leishmania LSCM1 into culture and DNA sequence analysis (ribosomal RNA ITS-1 and large subunit of RNA polymerase II) revealed the parasites to be members of the Leishmania enriettii complex, and apparently identical to L. martiniquensis previously reported from the Caribbean island of Martinique. This is the first report of visceral leishmaniasis caused by L. martiniquensis from the region. Moreover, the majority of parasites previously identified as ‘‘L. siamensis’’ also appear to be L. martiniquensis. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Cape Coast en_US
dc.title First Isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand: Case Report, Identification as Leishmania martiniquensis and Phylogenetic Position within the Leishmania enriettii Complex en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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