Short report: A focus of Leishmania mexicana near Tucson, Arizona

Authors
Kerr, SF McHugh, CP Merkelz, R
Citation
Sf. Kerr et al., Short report: A focus of Leishmania mexicana near Tucson, Arizona, AM J TROP M, 61(3), 1999, pp. 378-379
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
ISSN journal
00029637 → ACNP
Volume
61
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
378 - 379
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9637(199909)61:3<378:SRAFOL>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Twenty-eight white-throated woodrats (Neotoma albigula) collected in Pima C ounty, Arizona were screened for Leishmania using culture and the polymeras e chain reaction (PCR). Two rodents were culture positive. Isoenzyme analys is determined the isolates to be Leishmania mexicana. The two culture-posit ive and four additional rodents were determined to be Leishmania-positive b y the PCR. These isolates extend the geographic and ecologic range of enzoo tic leishmaniasis in the United States and represent a new host record.