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. 2019 Apr 4:30:100540.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100540. eCollection 2019 Jul.

Leishmania (Mundinia) spp.: from description to emergence as new human and animal Leishmania pathogens

D Sereno  1
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Leishmania (Mundinia) spp.: from description to emergence as new human and animal Leishmania pathogens

D Sereno. New Microbes New Infect. .

Abstract

During the last 20 years, Leishmania (Mundinia) spp. have emerged as new causative agents of human and animal leishmaniases. We provide a historical view of these parasites, from their initial description to their emergence as pathogens, to help avoiding future confusion in species assignation of these newly emerging pathogens.

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Historical events leading to identification of Leishmania (Mundinia) spp. as newly emerging Leishmania pathogens worldwide. Dashed lines indicate absence of molecular identification of aetiologic agent. In Asia, members of the Mundinia (Shaw, Camargo and Teixeira 2016) subgenus are currently identified only in Thailand. In Africa, they were isolated in Ghana and are referred as Ghana strains. In Europe, presence was reported in Deutschland (Bavaria) and Switzerland; in North and South America, United States (Florida), Brazil (Curitiba, Sao Polo) and Martinique Island. Described species belonging to the Mundinia subgenus are: Leishmania (Mundinia) enriettii (Muniz and Medina 1948), Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis (Desbois, Pratlong and Dedet, 2014), Leishmania (Mundinia) orientalis (Bates and Jariyapan 2018) and Leishmania (Mundinia) macropodum (Barratt, Kaufer and Ellis, 2017), plus parasites responsible for CL in Ghana (Ghana strain). CL, cutaneous leishmaniasis; VL, visceral leishmaniasis.
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