First isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand: case report, identification as Leishmania martiniquensis and phylogenetic position within the Leishmania enriettii complex.

• Egile Nagusiak: Thatawan Pothirat (Egilea), Adisak Tantiworawit (Egilea), Romanee Chaiwarith (Egilea), Narissara Jariyapan (Egilea), Anchalee Wannasan (Egilea), Padet Siriyasatien (Egilea), Khuanchai Supparatpinyo (Egilea), Michelle D Bates (Egilea), Godwin Kwakye-Nuako (Egilea), Paul A Bates (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Since 1996, there have been several case reports of autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in Thailand. Here we report a case in a 52-year-old Thai male from northern Thailand, who presented with subacute fever, huge splenomegaly and pancytopenia. Bone marrow aspiration revealed numerous amastigotes w...