Data/hora: 18/06/2024 10:55:35

Provedor de dados: | 37
País: | Colombia
Título: | A NEW RECORD OF Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis (Trypanosomatidae) FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF COLOMBIA
Autores: | MARTINEZ ABAD,Lily Paola; PATERNINA TUIRÁN,Luís Enrique; PATERNINA-GÓMEZ,Margaret; PÉREZ DORIA,Alveiro; BEJARANO,Eduar Elias.
Data: | 2021-04-01
Ano: | 2021
Palavras-chave: | Cutaneous leishmaniases; Cytochrome b; Epidemiology; Parasites.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT The aim of this study was the identification of Leishmania species that causes cutaneous leishmaniasis in a patient from Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, on the Pacific coast of Colombia. Clinical samples were obtained from a 29 years-old male who presented a distinct ulcer with raised borders on his neck. Samples were taken for direct microscopic examination, parasite culture, and molecular identification of the infecting Leishmania species by sequencing of the cytochrome b gene. Direct examination was positive for amastigotes of Leishmania but the culture was negative. The infecting parasite species was identified as L. (V.) guyanensis by means of the nucleotide sequence of a 509 bp fragment of the cytochrome b gene. We report the presence of L. (V.) guyanensis in rural areas of Buenaventura in Valle del Cauca, and the expansion of the geographical distribution of this species in the Pacific region of Colombia.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-548X2021000100135
Editor: | Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología
Relação: | 10.15446/abc.v26n1.78321
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Acta Biológica Colombiana  v.26 n.1 2021
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess