A new species of Leishmania isolated from the great gerbil Rhombomys opimus.

Strelkova, M V; Shurkhal, A V; Kellina, O I; Eliseev, L N; Evans, D A; Peters, W; Chapman, C J; Le Blancq, S M; van Eys, G J

Strelkova, M V; Shurkhal, A V; Kellina, O I; Eliseev, L N; Evans, D A; Peters, W; Chapman, C J; Le Blancq, S M; van Eys, G J.

Affiliation

Strelkova MV; Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Moscow, USSR.

Parasitology ; 101 Pt 3: 327-35, 1990 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2092289

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Leishmania turanica n.sp., found infecting the desert rodent Rhombomys opimus in the southern territories of the USSR and the Mongolian People's Republic, is described. This parasite exists sympatrically with L. major and L. gerbilli in R. opimus and is the predominant species. A total of 284 isolates of L. turanica from R. opimus, 3 from naturally infected Phlebotomus andrejevi and 1 from P. papatasi were characterized and found to be clearly distinguishable on isoenzyme and nuclear DNA characteristics from all other Old World taxa of Leishmania.

Subject(s)

Gerbillinae/parasitology; Leishmania/classification; Leishmaniasis/veterinary; Rodent Diseases/parasitology; Animals; Blotting, Southern; Cluster Analysis; DNA Probes; DNA, Protozoan/analysis; Electrophoresis, Starch Gel; Humans; Isoenzymes/analysis; Leishmania/enzymology; Leishmania/genetics; Leishmania/isolation & purification; Leishmaniasis/parasitology; Mongolia; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; USSR

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Rodent Diseases / Leishmaniasis / Gerbillinae / Leishmania Limits: Animals / Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia / Europa Language: En Journal: Parasitology Year: 1990 Document type: Article

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