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Table 1 Clinical profile of patients from which the two strains were isolated

From: Moroccan strains of Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica differentially impact on nitric oxide production by macrophages

Strains

MHOM/MA/2010/L02

MHOM/MA/2010/L112

Patients

Patient 1

Patient 2

Age (years)

5

21

Sex

Female

Male

Residence city

Casablanca

Casablanca

Main clinical data:

 Number of dermal lesions

1

5

 Incubation time (months)

1

1–3a

 Evolution time of lesions at diagnosis (months)

4

2

 Evolution of lesions upon treatment

Favorable but needed more than a single cure

Favorable

Genotyping

L. tropica

L. major

  1. aThe exact incubation time could not be determined because the patient reported two distinct staying periods in endemic foci