Karunaweera N D, Pratlong F, Siriwardane H V Y D, Ihalamulla R L, Dedet J P
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Jul-Aug;97(4):380-1. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90061-7.
Sri Lankan cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), once considered sporadic, is fairly widespread in some parts of the country. Identification of 5 isolates from 4 CL patients by enzyme analysis during 2002 showed that they were all Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37, the parasite which also causes visceral leishmaniasis in India and East Africa.
斯里兰卡皮肤利什曼病(CL)曾被认为是散发性的,现在该国某些地区相当普遍。2002年期间通过酶分析从4例CL患者中鉴定出5株分离株,结果表明它们均为杜氏利什曼原虫酶株MON - 37,该寄生虫在印度和东非也会引发内脏利什曼病。