Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania donovani Zymodeme MON-37, Western Ghats, India

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2608.200557
• Publication Date: 2020-07-14T13:56:27Z
• Authors: Prasanta Saini; N. Pradeep Kumar; P.M. Ajithlal; Aswathy Joji; K.R. Rajesh; K.J. Reena; Ashwani Kumar
• Keywords: R; India; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Dumdum fever; kala-azar; Insect Vectors; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Black fever; Research Letter; Medicine; Humans; Leishmaniasis, Visceral; indigenous; lambda cyhalothrin; Leishmania donovani

During 2015-2019, we recorded 10 patients with indigenous cases of visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani in Western Ghats, a region India to which is not endemic.The parasite involved 4 these infections was the MON-37 zymodeme strain, normally causes cutaneous this region.