ZYMODEME AND SERODEME CHARACTERIZATION OF LEISHMANIA ISOLATES OBTAINED FROM COSTA-RICAN PATIENTS

Authors
PERAZA J URBINA A ZELEDON R
Citation
J. Peraza et al., ZYMODEME AND SERODEME CHARACTERIZATION OF LEISHMANIA ISOLATES OBTAINED FROM COSTA-RICAN PATIENTS, Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 93(3), 1998, pp. 283-287
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine",Parasitiology
Journal title
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz → ACNP
ISSN journal
00740276
Volume
93
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
283 - 287
Database
ISI
SICI code
0074-0276(1998)93:3<283:ZASCOL>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Thirty-four Leishmania isolates obtained from Costa Rican patients, fr om different geographical areas, were characterized by isoenzyme elect rophoresis and indirect immunofluorescense with monoclonal antibodies. Thirty-two were characterized as L. panamensis strains and two were L . braziliensis variants. We confirm the evident predominance of L. pan amensis as the main etiological agent of leishmaniasis in Costa Rica a nd the existence of L. braziliensis in the country.