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Case Reports
. 2000 Feb;93(1):12-3.

[Infantile visceral leishmaniasis from Leishmania infantum MON-24: a reality in Tunisia]

[Article in French]
S Belhadj  1 , F Pratlong, H Mahjoub, N H Toumi, R Azaiez, J P Dedet, E Chaker
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Case Reports

[Infantile visceral leishmaniasis from Leishmania infantum MON-24: a reality in Tunisia]

[Article in French]
S Belhadj et al. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2000 Feb.

Abstract

The authors report the first documented observation of infantile visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum MON-24 zymodeme in Tunisia. This zymodeme was isolated from a non-immunodepressed two-year-old child, with visceral leishmaniasis, originating from Zaghouan, in northern Tunisia. This case shows that beside L. infantum MON-1 and MON-80, L. infantum MON-24, the usual parasite of cutaneous leishmaniasis, there exists also a causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis in our country.

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