Identification and Biological Characterization of Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis Isolated from a Patient with Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Goiás, a Nonendemic Area for This Species in Brazil

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Time course of lesion development in C57Bl/6 WT (■) and BALB/c (○) mice infected with Leishmania (V.) braziliensis (HPV6, UAF5, and WSS5) or Leishmania (V.) guyanensis (PLR6). Mice were infected with promastigotes in stationary phase of growth (5 × 10⁶ parasites) into hind footpads. The lesion size was expressed in mm (infected minus control contralateral paw thickness). Data represent mean ± SEM of results from two or three independent experiments (4–14 animals): HPV6 (a), UAF5 (b), WSS5 (c), and PLR6 (d); .

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