The isolation and molecular characterization of Leishmania spp. from patients with American tegumentary leishmaniasis in northwest Argentina

- Sixty-six ATL positive patients from northwest Argentina were included in this study.
- Stocks were isolated in vitro and analyzed through nested PCR and sequence of cyt b.
- L. (V.) braziliensis was incriminated, identifying two genotypes Ab1 and Ab2.
- One L. (V.) guyanensis strain was obtained from a traveler from the Brazilian Amazon.