[Simultaneous presence in dogs of 2 zymodemes of the Leishmania infantum complex]

F Pratlong; M Portus; P Rispail; G Moreno; P Bastien; J A Rioux

doi:10.1051/parasite/1989644312

[Simultaneous presence in dogs of 2 zymodemes of the Leishmania infantum complex]

Ann Parasitol Hum Comp. 1989;64(4):312-4. doi: 10.1051/parasite/1989644312.

[Article in French]

Authors

F Pratlong¹, M Portus, P Rispail, G Moreno, P Bastien, J A Rioux

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire d'Ecologie Médicale et de Pathologie parasitaire, Facultde Médicine, Montpellier, France.

PMID: 2817695
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1989644312

Abstract

The concomitant presence of two zymodemes of the leishmania infantum complex. MON-1 and MON-77, is reported in a dog with diffuse leishmaniasis. The zymodemes were present in both the skin and lymph nodes. Possible explanations for the presence of the two zymodemes are discussed.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Animals
Dog Diseases / parasitology*
Dogs
Leishmania donovani / enzymology*
Leishmania donovani / isolation & purification
Leishmaniasis, Visceral / veterinary*
Male