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Parasite
Volume 21, 2014
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Article Number | 12 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2014011 | |
Published online | 14 March 2014 |
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:31F25656-8804-4944-A568-6DB4F52D2217
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Leishmania (Leishmania) martiniquensis n. sp. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), description of the parasite responsible for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Martinique Island (French West Indies)
Leishmania (Leishmania) martiniquensis n. sp. (Kinetoplastida : Trypanosomatidae), description du parasite responsable de la leishmaniose cutanée en Martinique (Antilles Françaises)
1
CHU de la Martinique, Hôpital Pierre-Zobda-Quitman, Pôle de Biologie de territoire-Pathologie, Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie, BP 632, 97261
Fort-de-France Cedex, Martinique, France
2
Université Montpellier 1 et CHRU de Montpellier, Centre National de référence des leishmanioses, UMR « MIVEGEC » (CNRS 5290, IRD 224, UM1, UM2), Département de Parasitologie-Mycologie (Professeur Patrick Bastien), 39 avenue Charles Flahault, 34295
Montpellier Cedex 5, France
3
CHU de la Martinique, Hôpital Pierre-Zobda-Quitman, Service de dermatologie, Pôle de Médecine-Spécialités médicales, BP 632, 97261
Fort-de-France Cedex, Martinique, France
* Corresponding author: parasito@univ-montp1.fr
Received:
21
November
2013
Accepted:
19
February
2014
The parasite responsible for autochthonous cutaneous leishmaniasis in Martinique island (French West Indies) was first isolated in 1995; its taxonomical position was established only in 2002, but it remained unnamed. In the present paper, the authors name this parasite Leishmania (Leishmania) martiniquensis Desbois, Pratlong & Dedet n. sp. and describe the type strain of this taxon, including its biological characteristics, biochemical and molecular identification, and pathogenicity. This parasite, clearly distinct from all other Euleishmania, and placed at the base of the Leishmania phylogenetic tree, is included in the subgenus Leishmania.
Résumé
Le parasite responsable de la leishmaniose cutanée autochtone de Martinique (Antilles françaises) fut isolé pour la première fois en 1995, mais sa position taxonomique n’a été décrite qu’en 2002, bien qu’il ne soit pas nommé à cette époque. L’objet de cet article est de nommer ce parasite Leishmania (Leishmania) matiniquensis Desbois, Pratlong & Dedet n. sp. et de décrire les caractères biologiques, l’identification biochimique et moléculaire et le pouvoir pathogène de la souche type. Ce parasite, distinct de toutes les autres Euleishmania et placé à la base de l’arbre phylogénétique des Leishmania, est rangé dans le sous-genre Leishmania.
Key words: Leishmania martiniquensis n. sp. / Cutaneous leishmaniasis / Martinique Island / French West Indies
Nicole Desbois – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:BAC8E947-7E42-49ED-B8F0-067DB98A9FFB
Francine Pratlong – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:64A32660-5357-4057-9B39-6D72FA859DEA
Danièle Quist – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:73354A1E-BB12-4387-8D5B-88C1C4B498D0
Jean-Pierre Dedet – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:7ED189EF-9AFD-4A78-A59E-DF4AB24616E5
© N. Desbois et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2014
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