First Isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand: Case Report, Identification as Leishmania martiniquensis and Phylogenetic Position within the Leishmania enriettii Complex

• Main Authors: Pothirat,T., Tantiworawit,A., Chaiwarith,R., Jariyapan,N., Wannasan,A., Siriyasatien,P., Supparatpinyo,K., Bates,M.D., Kwakye-Nuako,G., Bates,P.A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2015
• Subjects: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (all); Infectious Diseases; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84928227092&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38467
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2014 Pothirat et al. 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...