First isolation of a new species of Leishmania responsible for human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana and classification in the Leishmania enriettii complex

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dc.contributor.authorKwakye-Nuako, G.
dc.contributor.authorMosore, M.-T.
dc.contributor.authorDuplessis, C.
dc.contributor.authorBates, M.D.
dc.contributor.authorPuplampu, N.
dc.contributor.authorMensah-Attipoe, I.
dc.contributor.authorDesewu, K.
dc.contributor.authorAfegbe, G.
dc.contributor.authorAsmah, R.H.
dc.contributor.authorJamjoom, M.B.
dc.contributor.authorAyeh-Kumi, P.F.
dc.contributor.authorBoakye, D.A.
dc.contributor.authorBates, P.A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-14T11:09:58Z
dc.date.available2019-02-14T11:09:58Z
dc.date.issued2015-09
dc.description.abstractAn active case detection approach with PCR diagnosis was used in the Ho District of the Volta Region, Ghana that identified individuals with active cutaneous leishmaniasis. Three isolates were successfully cultured and DNA sequences from these were analysed (ribosomal RNA internal transcribed spacer 1; ribosomal protein L23a intergenic spacer; RNA polymerase II large subunit), showing them to be Leishmania, identical to each other but different from all other known Leishmania spp. Phylogenetic analysis showed the parasites to be new members of the Leishmania enriettii complex, which is emerging as a possible new subgenus of Leishmania parasites containing human pathogens. © 2015 The Authors.en_US
dc.identifier.otherVolume 45, Issue 11, Pages 679-684
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.05.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/27526
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal for Parasitologyen_US
dc.subjectCutaneous leishmaniasisen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectLeishmaniaen_US
dc.subjectPhylogenyen_US
dc.titleFirst isolation of a new species of Leishmania responsible for human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana and classification in the Leishmania enriettii complexen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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