Genomic Characterization of Leishmania tropica in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Somali Region, Ethiopia, 2023.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Abera A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12205473 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature