Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Ecuador: Identification of Parasites by Enzyme Electrophoresis

Rodrigo X. Armijos School of Medicine, Central University of Ecuador, Youngstown State University, Burroughs-Wellcome Company, Research Triangle Park, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Quito, Ecuador

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Martha E. Chico School of Medicine, Central University of Ecuador, Youngstown State University, Burroughs-Wellcome Company, Research Triangle Park, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Quito, Ecuador

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Martha E. Cruz School of Medicine, Central University of Ecuador, Youngstown State University, Burroughs-Wellcome Company, Research Triangle Park, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Quito, Ecuador

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Ronald H. Guderian School of Medicine, Central University of Ecuador, Youngstown State University, Burroughs-Wellcome Company, Research Triangle Park, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Quito, Ecuador

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Richard D. Kreutzer School of Medicine, Central University of Ecuador, Youngstown State University, Burroughs-Wellcome Company, Research Triangle Park, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Quito, Ecuador

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Jonathan D. Berman School of Medicine, Central University of Ecuador, Youngstown State University, Burroughs-Wellcome Company, Research Triangle Park, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Quito, Ecuador

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Michael D. Rogers School of Medicine, Central University of Ecuador, Youngstown State University, Burroughs-Wellcome Company, Research Triangle Park, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Quito, Ecuador

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Max Grögl School of Medicine, Central University of Ecuador, Youngstown State University, Burroughs-Wellcome Company, Research Triangle Park, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Quito, Ecuador

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1990.42.424
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Volume 42: Issue 5
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424–428
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Twenty-six strains of Leishmania were isolated from cutaneous lesions in humans in 3 different geographical areas of Ecuador. The species were identified by enzyme electrophoresis as Leishmania braziliensis, L. panamensis, L. guyanensis, L. mexicana, and L. amazonensis.

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Copyright © 1990 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1990
Published Online:
May 1990
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637

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First Report. World Health Organization Technical Report Series No. 62 (Available also in French). 26 pp. Geneva, W.H.O., Palais des Nations. March, 1953. Price 1/6, $0.20, Fr. fr. 65.-; Sw. fr. 0.80

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