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

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First isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand: case report, identification as Leishmania martiniquensis and phylogenetic position within the Leishmania enriettii complex. / Pothirat, Thatawan; Tantiworawit, Adisak; Chaiwarith, Romanee et al.
In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol. 8, No. 12, e3339, 12.2014.

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Pothirat, T, Tantiworawit, A, Chaiwarith, R, Jariyapan, N, Wannasan, A, Siriyasatien, P, Supparatpinyo, K, Bates, MD, Kwakye-Nuako, G & Bates, PA 2014, 'First isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand: case report, identification as Leishmania martiniquensis and phylogenetic position within the Leishmania enriettii complex', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 8, no. 12, e3339. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003339

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Pothirat, T., Tantiworawit, A., Chaiwarith, R., Jariyapan, N., Wannasan, A., Siriyasatien, P., Supparatpinyo, K., Bates, M. D., Kwakye-Nuako, G., & Bates, P. A. (2014). First isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand: case report, identification as Leishmania martiniquensis and phylogenetic position within the Leishmania enriettii complex. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(12), Article e3339. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003339

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Pothirat T, Tantiworawit A, Chaiwarith R, Jariyapan N, Wannasan A, Siriyasatien P et al. First isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand: case report, identification as Leishmania martiniquensis and phylogenetic position within the Leishmania enriettii complex. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2014 Dec;8(12):e3339. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003339

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Pothirat, Thatawan ; Tantiworawit, Adisak ; Chaiwarith, Romanee et al. / First isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand : case report, identification as Leishmania martiniquensis and phylogenetic position within the Leishmania enriettii complex. In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2014 ; Vol. 8, No. 12.

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title = "First isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand: case report, identification as Leishmania martiniquensis and phylogenetic position within the Leishmania enriettii complex",
abstract = "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 within macrophages. Isolation of Leishmania LSCM1 into culture and DNA sequence analysis (ribosomal RNA ITS-1 and large subunit of RNA polymerase II) revealed the parasites to be members of the Leishmania enriettii complex, and apparently identical to L. martiniquensis previously reported from the Caribbean island of Martinique. This is the first report of visceral leishmaniasis caused by L. martiniquensis from the region. Moreover, the majority of parasites previously identified as {"}L. siamensis{"} also appear to be L. martiniquensis.",
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AU - Siriyasatien, Padet

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