Leishmania donovani Infection with Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014–2018
We conducted a molecular study of parasite sequences from a cohort of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Himachal Pradesh, India. Results revealed atypical cutaneous disease caused by Leishmania donovani parasites. L. donovani variants causing cutaneous manifestations in this region are different f...
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author | Lovlesh Thakur Kiran K. Singh Hemant R. Kushwaha Sudarshan K. Sharma Vinay Shankar Ajeet Negi Ghanshyam Verma Sandhya Kumari Aklank Jain Manju Jain |
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description | We conducted a molecular study of parasite sequences from a cohort of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Himachal Pradesh, India. Results revealed atypical cutaneous disease caused by Leishmania donovani parasites. L. donovani variants causing cutaneous manifestations in this region are different from those causing visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern India. |
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spelling | doaj.art-3c4f75e3c87f4c859dc577be923400d12022-12-22T01:32:13ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592020-08-012681864186910.3201/eid2608.191761Leishmania donovani Infection with Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014–2018Lovlesh ThakurKiran K. SinghHemant R. KushwahaSudarshan K. SharmaVinay ShankarAjeet NegiGhanshyam VermaSandhya KumariAklank JainManju JainWe conducted a molecular study of parasite sequences from a cohort of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Himachal Pradesh, India. Results revealed atypical cutaneous disease caused by Leishmania donovani parasites. L. donovani variants causing cutaneous manifestations in this region are different from those causing visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern India.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/19-1761_articleatypicalcutaneous leishmaniasisLeishmania donovaniparasitesHimachal PradeshIndia |
spellingShingle | Lovlesh Thakur Kiran K. Singh Hemant R. Kushwaha Sudarshan K. Sharma Vinay Shankar Ajeet Negi Ghanshyam Verma Sandhya Kumari Aklank Jain Manju Jain Leishmania donovani Infection with Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014–2018 Emerging Infectious Diseases atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis Leishmania donovani parasites Himachal Pradesh India |
title | Leishmania donovani Infection with Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014–2018 |
title_full | Leishmania donovani Infection with Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014–2018 |
title_fullStr | Leishmania donovani Infection with Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014–2018 |
title_full_unstemmed | Leishmania donovani Infection with Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014–2018 |
title_short | Leishmania donovani Infection with Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014–2018 |
title_sort | leishmania donovani infection with atypical cutaneous manifestations himachal pradesh india 2014 2018 |
topic | atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis Leishmania donovani parasites Himachal Pradesh India |
url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/19-1761_article |
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