Genomic Characterization of Leishmania tropica in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Somali Region, Ethiopia, 2023
We sequenced Leishmania tropica genomes from 8 human skin samples collected in a newly emerging focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Somali region of Ethiopia. We found a variant with unique genomic signatures of drug resistance. Public health officials should use genomic surveillance to slow ex...
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| author | Adugna Abera Pieter Monsieurs Myrthe Pareyn Dereje Beyene Geremew Tasew Allison Aroni-Soto Mahlet Belachew Desalegn Geleta Bethlehem Adnew Bokretsion Gidey Henok Tadesse Atsbeha Gebreegziabxier Rajiha Abubeker Abraham Ali Ketema Tafess Tobias F. Rinke de Wit Johan van Griensven Jean-Claude Dujardin Dawit Wolday Malgorzata Anna Domagalska |
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We sequenced Leishmania tropica genomes from 8 human skin samples collected in a newly emerging focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Somali region of Ethiopia. We found a variant with unique genomic signatures of drug resistance. Public health officials should use genomic surveillance to slow expansion of L. tropica.
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| spelling | doaj-art-2e1a0c2e40414ad3a9b3dcea93d6bbb82025-08-20T02:21:49ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592025-07-013171483148610.3201/eid3107.241607Genomic Characterization of Leishmania tropica in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Somali Region, Ethiopia, 2023Adugna AberaPieter MonsieursMyrthe PareynDereje BeyeneGeremew TasewAllison Aroni-SotoMahlet BelachewDesalegn GeletaBethlehem AdnewBokretsion GideyHenok TadesseAtsbeha GebreegziabxierRajiha AbubekerAbraham AliKetema TafessTobias F. Rinke de WitJohan van GriensvenJean-Claude DujardinDawit WoldayMalgorzata Anna Domagalska We sequenced Leishmania tropica genomes from 8 human skin samples collected in a newly emerging focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Somali region of Ethiopia. We found a variant with unique genomic signatures of drug resistance. Public health officials should use genomic surveillance to slow expansion of L. tropica. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/7/24-1607_articlecutaneous leishmaniasisvector-borne infectionsparasitesLeishmania tropicazoonosesgenomic surveillance |
| spellingShingle | Adugna Abera Pieter Monsieurs Myrthe Pareyn Dereje Beyene Geremew Tasew Allison Aroni-Soto Mahlet Belachew Desalegn Geleta Bethlehem Adnew Bokretsion Gidey Henok Tadesse Atsbeha Gebreegziabxier Rajiha Abubeker Abraham Ali Ketema Tafess Tobias F. Rinke de Wit Johan van Griensven Jean-Claude Dujardin Dawit Wolday Malgorzata Anna Domagalska Genomic Characterization of Leishmania tropica in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Somali Region, Ethiopia, 2023 Emerging Infectious Diseases cutaneous leishmaniasis vector-borne infections parasites Leishmania tropica zoonoses genomic surveillance |
| title | Genomic Characterization of Leishmania tropica in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Somali Region, Ethiopia, 2023 |
| title_full | Genomic Characterization of Leishmania tropica in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Somali Region, Ethiopia, 2023 |
| title_fullStr | Genomic Characterization of Leishmania tropica in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Somali Region, Ethiopia, 2023 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genomic Characterization of Leishmania tropica in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Somali Region, Ethiopia, 2023 |
| title_short | Genomic Characterization of Leishmania tropica in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Somali Region, Ethiopia, 2023 |
| title_sort | genomic characterization of leishmania tropica in cutaneous leishmaniasis somali region ethiopia 2023 |
| topic | cutaneous leishmaniasis vector-borne infections parasites Leishmania tropica zoonoses genomic surveillance |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/7/24-1607_article |
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