Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2020)

Leishmania donovani Infection with Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014–2018

  • Lovlesh Thakur,
  • Kiran K. Singh,
  • Hemant R. Kushwaha,
  • Sudarshan K. Sharma,
  • Vinay Shankar,
  • Ajeet Negi,
  • Ghanshyam Verma,
  • Sandhya Kumari,
  • Aklank Jain,
  • Manju Jain

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.191761
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 8
pp. 1864 – 1869

Abstract

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We conducted a molecular study of parasite sequences from a cohort of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Himachal Pradesh, India. Results revealed atypical cutaneous disease caused by Leishmania donovani parasites. L. donovani variants causing cutaneous manifestations in this region are different from those causing visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern India.

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