Leishmaniasis

New findings in the area of leishmaniasis described

Published in Vaccine Weekly, January 26th, 2005

Investigators in Brazil and Spain have published new leishmaniasis data.

Study 1: Scientists have conducted a genetic analysis of cutaneous and mucosal Leishmania strains isolated from the same patient.

According to a study from Brazil, "Ten pairs of Leishmania (Viannia) strains isolated from mucosal and cutaneous lesions of the same patient were analyzed genotypically in order to determine whether populations that had metastasized to mucosal sites differed from those in the cutaneous lesion. The strains were previously characterized by multi locus enzyme electrophoresis and/or monoclonal antibodies reactivity, and, for this study, only...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2005-01-26)

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