Identification, Using Isoenzyme Electrophoresis and Monoclonal Antibodies, of Leishmania Isolated from Humans and Wild Animals of Ecuador

Tatsuyuki Mimori Department of Parasitic Diseases, Kumamoto University Medical School, Department of Immunology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Biology Department Youngstown State University, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto Nacional de Higiene y Medicina Tropical, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Kochi Medical School, Kumamoto, Japan

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Gabriel Grimaldi Jr. Department of Parasitic Diseases, Kumamoto University Medical School, Department of Immunology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Biology Department Youngstown State University, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto Nacional de Higiene y Medicina Tropical, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Kochi Medical School, Kumamoto, Japan

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Richard D. Kreutzer Department of Parasitic Diseases, Kumamoto University Medical School, Department of Immunology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Biology Department Youngstown State University, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto Nacional de Higiene y Medicina Tropical, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Kochi Medical School, Kumamoto, Japan

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Eduardo A. Gomez Department of Parasitic Diseases, Kumamoto University Medical School, Department of Immunology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Biology Department Youngstown State University, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto Nacional de Higiene y Medicina Tropical, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Kochi Medical School, Kumamoto, Japan

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Diane McMahon-Pratt Department of Parasitic Diseases, Kumamoto University Medical School, Department of Immunology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Biology Department Youngstown State University, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto Nacional de Higiene y Medicina Tropical, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Kochi Medical School, Kumamoto, Japan

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Robert B. Tesh Department of Parasitic Diseases, Kumamoto University Medical School, Department of Immunology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Biology Department Youngstown State University, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto Nacional de Higiene y Medicina Tropical, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Kochi Medical School, Kumamoto, Japan

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Yoshihisa Hashiguchi Department of Parasitic Diseases, Kumamoto University Medical School, Department of Immunology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Biology Department Youngstown State University, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto Nacional de Higiene y Medicina Tropical, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Kochi Medical School, Kumamoto, Japan

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1989.40.154
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Volume 40: Issue 2
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154–158
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Six strains of Leishmania isolated from wild mammals and humans on the Pacific Coast of Ecuador were identified by isoenzyme electrophoresis and by their reactivity patterns to a cross-panel of specific monoclonal antibodies using a radioimmune binding assay. Single isolates from Sciurus vulgaris. Potos flavus, and Tamandua tetradactyla were identified as Leishmania amazonensis. Three other strains, isolated from cutaneous lesions of humans, were identified as Leishmania panamensis.

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Copyright © 1989 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1989
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Feb 1989
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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0002-9637
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