Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Kenya

dc.contributor.author	Mebrahtu, Y
dc.contributor.author	Oster, C. N
dc.contributor.author	Shatry, A. M
dc.contributor.author	Hendricks, L. D
dc.contributor.author	Githure, J. I
dc.contributor.author	Rees, P. H
dc.contributor.author	Perkins, P. V
dc.contributor.author	Leeuwenburg, J
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-10T06:53:30Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-10T06:53:30Z
dc.date.issued	1987
dc.identifier.citation	Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1987;81(6):923-4.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/3503409
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/30391
dc.description.abstract	9 leishmanial strains, isolated from cutaneous papulonodular lesions on 3 patients, were characterized by cellulose acetate electrophoresis using 7 enzymes. The patterns obtained were indistinguishable from those of a Leishmania tropica reference strain and these 9 strains were similar to L. tropica in failing to infect mice. Although these 3 patients were Americans, their only potential exposure to sandflies was in Kenya, and thus they are believed to be the first cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. tropica in Kenya.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.title	Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Kenya	en
dc.type	Article	en