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Parasite
Volume 1, Number 4, December 1994
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Page(s) | 391 - 392 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1994014391 | |
Published online | 29 September 2014 |
Note de recherche
The isolation of Leishmania donovani mon-18, from an aids patient in Portugal: possible needle transmission
Leishmania donovani MON-18 isolé chez un sidéen au Portugal
1
Disciplina de Protozoologia/Centro de Malária e outras Doenças Tropicais (CMDT), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Rua da Junqueira 96, 1300 Lisboa, Portugal.
2
Laboratoire d'Écologie Médicale et Pathologie Parasitaire, Faculté de Médecine, 34000 Montpellier, France.
* Correspondence : Dr. Lenea Campino, Disciplina de Protozoologia, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira 96, 1300 Lisboa, Portugal, Fax : 351 1 3622458; Telef : 351 1 3622458.
Accepted: 21 September 1994
The spread of HIV infection into leishmaniasis endemic areas has increased the incidence of immunosupressed patients with kala-azar in Portugal.
The dermotropic zymodeme MON-24 of Leishmania infantum has been already isolated from a Portuguese AIDS patient, as in some other Mediterranean countries.
In this paper we report the isolation of L. donovani MON-18 from a drug addicted Portuguese patient with clinical visceral leishmaniasis and AIDS, that suggests a mechanically transmitted infection by the use of a shared needle or syringe.
Résumé
L'incidence des co-infections Leishmania/VIH augmente au Portugal depuis l'extension de l'infection VIH aux zones endémiques de kala-azar dans ce pays.
Leishmania infantum MON-24, zymodème autochtone "dermo-trope", a déjà été isolé d'un cas de co-infection Leishmania/VIH au Portugal.
Nous rapportons ici un cas similaire dû à L. donovani MON-18 chez un toxicomane portugais dont le mode de contamination pourrait s'expliquer par l'usage d'aiguilles ou de seringues contaminées.
Key words: AIDS / Kala-azar / Zymodeme MON-18 / Portugal / L. donovani
Mots clés : SIDA / Kala-azar / Zymodeme MON-18 / Portugal / L. donovani
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