New human case reports of cutaneous leishmaniasis by Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi in the Amazon region, Brazil

New human case reports of cutaneous leishmaniasis by Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi in the Amazon region, Brazil

ABSTRACT Few cases of human cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania naiffi were described in the medical literature. The aim of this study was to report and analyze new cases of L. naiffi in the period between the years 1992 to 2011. The strains were characterized by isoenzyme analysis. Al...

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Main Authors: Luanda de Paula FIGUEIRA, Fabiane Veloso SOARES, Roberto Daibes NAIFF JÚNIOR, Alana Cristina VINHOTE-SILVA, Susi Simas da SILVA, Thaís Tibery ESPIR, Maricleide de Farias NAIFF, Luis Henrique Monteiro GOMES, Flávia Regina Almeida Campos Naief MOREIRA, Antonia Maria Ramos FRANCO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2017-03-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
Subjects:
American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis
Leishmania naiffi
Characterization
experimental stations
Lutzomyia
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