Author | Yoshida, Elizaide L. A. | |
Author | Cuba, Cesar A. Cuba | |
Author | Pacheco, Raquel da Silva | |
Author | Cupolillo, Elisa | |
Author | Tavares, Celso Cruz | |
Author | Machado, Gérzia M. C. | |
Author | Momen, Hooman | |
Author | Grimaldi Junior, Gabriel | |
Access date | 2020-09-23T20:15:22Z | |
Available date | 2020-09-23T20:15:22Z | |
Document date | 1993 | |
Citation | YOSHIDA, Elizaide L. A. Description of Leishmania (Leishmania) forattinii sp. n., a new parasite infecting opossums and rodents in Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Riio de Janeiro, v. 88, n. 3, p. 397-406, July/set. 1993. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/43588 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | |
Subject in Portuguese | L. (Leishmania) forattinii sp. n | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Protozoários | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Kinetoplastida | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Trypanosomatidae | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Reservatórios de mamíferos | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Caracterização molecular | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Anticorpos monoclonais | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Eletroforese Izoensyme | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Análise de DNA de cinetoplasto | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Análise de cariótipo molecular | pt_BR |
Title | Description of Leishmania (Leishmania) forattinii sp. n., a new parasite infecting opossums and rodents in Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | |
DOI | 10.1590/S0074-02761993000300008 | |
Abstract | A new parasite species of Leishmania is described, L. (Leishmania) forattinii sp. n., which was isolated from a pooled triturate of liver and spleen of a opossum (Didelphis marsupialis aurita) and from skin samples from a rodent (Proechmys iheringi denigratus), captured in primary forest on the Atlantic Cost of Brazil. Our results on the basis of biological and molecular criteria indicate that this taxonomically distinct parasite ias a new species of the L. mexicana complex, but closely related to L. (L.) aristidesi Laison & shaw, 1979, as revelated by phenetic and phylogenetic numerical analyses of the enzyme data. L. forattinii was clearly distinguishable from other Leishmania species of the genus usisng enzyme electrophoresis, monoclonal antibodies, molecular karyotypes, analysis of restriction enzyme digestion patterns of kinetoplast DNA (kDNA), as well as the use of kDNA hybridization procedures. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Estadual Paulista. IBBMA. Departamento de Parasitologia. Botucatu, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Unversidade de Brasília. FCS,. Departamento de Patologia. Brasília, DF, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia. Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Imunologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Imunologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | L. (Leishmania) forattinii sp. n | pt_BR |
Subject | Protozoa | pt_BR |
Subject | Kinetoplastida | pt_BR |
Subject | Trypanosomatidae | pt_BR |
Subject | Mammalian reservoirs | pt_BR |
Subject | Molecular characterization | pt_BR |
Subject | Monoclonal antibodies | pt_BR |
Subject | Izoensyme electrophoresis | pt_BR |
Subject | Kinetoplast DNA analysis | pt_BR |
Subject | Molecular karyotype analysis | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-8060 | |