[Infantile visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum zymodeme MON-24 in Algeria].

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  • 1 March 2001
    • journal article
    • case report
Abstract
In Algeria, visceral leishmaniasis is caused principally by Leishmania infantum MON-1, a common agent of the disease on the edges of the mediterranean basin. Other zymodemes (MON-34 and MON-80) of the same complex have also been isolated from immunologically competent patients. In the present study, the authors report the presence of Leishmania infantum MON-24, the main agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Algeria, in five children with visceral leishmaniasis.