Schubach T M, Figueiredo F B, Pereira S A, Madeira M F, Santos I B, Andrade M V, Cuzzi T, Marzochi M C, Schubach A
Serviço de Zoonoses, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas-FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Mar;98(3):165-7. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)00040-3.
We describe the isolation of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis from two female cats with American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The isolates were identified as L. (V.) braziliensis by isoenzyme electrophoresis.