Barral A, Badaró R, Barral-Netto M, Grimaldi G, Momem H, Carvalho E M
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1986 Jul;35(4):732-4. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1986.35.732.
The first documented human case of visceral leishmaniasis caused by L. mexicana amazonensis is reported. Leishmania were isolated from bone marrow aspirate material from a typical visceral leishmaniasis patient. Further characterization by isoenzyme electrophoresis and by a panel of species- and subspecies-specific monoclonal antibodies established its classification as L. m. amazonensis.