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First isolation of a new species of Leishmania responsible for human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana and classification in the Leishmania enriettii complex

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dc.contributor.author Kwakye-Nuako, Godwin
dc.contributor.author Mosore, Mba-Tihssommah
dc.contributor.author Duplessis, Christopher
dc.contributor.author Bates, Michelle D.
dc.contributor.author Puplampu, Naiki
dc.contributor.author Mensah-Attipoe, Israel
dc.contributor.author Desewu, Kwame
dc.contributor.author Afegbe, Godwin
dc.contributor.author Asmah, Richard H.
dc.contributor.author Jamjoom, Manal B.
dc.contributor.author Ayeh-Kumi, Patrick F.
dc.contributor.author Boakye, Daniel A.
dc.contributor.author Bates, Paul A.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-09-29T18:50:34Z
dc.date.available 2023-09-29T18:50:34Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8747
dc.description.abstract An active case detection approach with PCR diagnosis was used in the Ho District of the Volta Region, Ghana that identified individuals with active cutaneous leishmaniasis. Three isolates were successfully cultured and DNA sequences from these were analysed (ribosomal RNA internal transcribed spacer 1; ribosomal protein L23a intergenic spacer; RNA polymerase II large subunit), showing them to be Leishmania, identical to each other but different from all other known Leishmania spp. Phylogenetic anal- ysis showed the parasites to be new members of the Leishmania enriettii complex, which is emerging as a possible new subgenus of Leishmania parasites containing human pathogens. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Cape Coast en_US
dc.subject Ghana en_US
dc.subject Leishmania en_US
dc.subject Cutaneous leishmaniasis en_US
dc.subject Phylogeny en_US
dc.title First isolation of a new species of Leishmania responsible for human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana and classification in the Leishmania enriettii complex en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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