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Volume 26, Number 8—August 2020
Research Letter

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

Prasanta SainiComments to Author , N. Pradeep Kumar, P.M. Ajithlal, Aswathy Joji, K.R. Rajesh, K.J. Reena, and Ashwani Kumar
Author affiliations: Indian Council of Medical Research–Vector Control Research Centre (Field Station), Kottayam, India (P. Saini, N.P. Kumar, P.M. Ajithlal, A. Joji); Government Medical College, Thrissur, India (K.R. Rajesh); District Medical Officer, Thrissur (K.J. Reena); Indian Council of Medical Research–Vector Control Research Centre, Puducherry, India (A. Kumar); During 2015–2019, we recorded 10 patients with indigenous cases of visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani in Western Ghats, a region in India to which visceral leishmaniasis is not endemic. The parasite involved in 4 of these infections was of the MON-37 zymodeme strain, which normally causes cutaneous leishmaniasis in this region.

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Spatial distribution and detailed timeline of VL cases in the foothills of Western Ghats, Kerala, India. VL, visceral leishmaniasis.

Figure. Spatial distribution and detailed timeline of VL cases in the foothills of Western Ghats, Kerala, India. VL, visceral leishmaniasis.

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