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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1120-1122, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1120-1122.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

First Report of Leishmania infantum in French Guiana: Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis Imported from the Old World

Brice Rotureau,1* Christophe Ravel,2 Christine Aznar,1 Bernard Carme,1 and Jean-Pierre Dedet2

Laboratoire Hospitalo-Universitaire de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicale, Equipe EA 3593, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Médecine de l'Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Cayenne, Guyane Française,1 Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, UMR 5093, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique, et Université de Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France2

Received 28 September 2005/ Returned for modification 8 December 2005/ Accepted 14 December 2005

The first two cases of canine visceral leishmaniasis in French Guiana are described. One infected dog was most probably imported from France. A second dog was then infected with Leishmania infantum in French Guiana. These observations exemplify the intercontinental transportation theory for L. infantum.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire Hospitalo-Universitaire de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicale, Equipe EA 3593, UFR de Médecine de l'Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Campus Saint-Denis, B. P. 718, 97336 Cayenne, Guyane Française. Phone: 33 594 28 72 60. Fax: 33 594 28 72 63. E-mail: ufrmedag2{at}wanadoo.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1120-1122, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1120-1122.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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