Leishmania mexicana amazonensis isolated from a patient with fatal mucosal leishmaniasis

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Leishmania mexicana amazonensis isolated from a patient with fatal mucosal leishmaniasis

Raimunda N. Sampaio^I; Philip D. Marsden^I; Elmer A. Llanos Cuentas^I; Cesar A. Cuba Cuba^I; Gabriel Grimaldi Jr.^II

^INúcleo de Medicina Tropical e Nutrição, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília-DF, Brasil

^IICentro de Microscopia Eletrônica Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

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