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Table 5 Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis strains isolated from cutaneous lesions of patients treated at the Ralph Lainson Leishmaniasis Laboratory (IEC/SVS/MS) (2015–2017) who declared the Brazil-French Guiana border as the probable place of infection

From: Ecological aspects of Phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) and the transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis agents in an Amazonian/ Guianan bordering area

Mnemonic

Infection site

No. of lesions (location)

IDRM (mm)

WHO code

FCF

Vila Vitória (BR)

2 (face/neck)

12 × 12

MHOM/BR/2017/M32218

HMLR

Gold mining (FG)

1 (foot)

12 × 12

MHOM/BR/2016/M31987

MRP

Gold mining (FG)

2 (hand/leg)

7 × 7

MHOM/BR/2016/M32048

ARSN

Gold mining (FG)

1 (arm)

8 × 8

MHOM/BR/2015/M31041

PSLS

Gold mining (FG)

Disseminated

10 × 10

MHOM/BR/2015/M31157

HS

Gold mining (FG)

1 (thorax)

12 × 12

MHOM/BR/2015/M31498

OSM

Régina (FG)

1 (leg)

10 × 10

MHOM/BR/2015/M32273

LMSJr

Gold mining (FG)

6 (leg (4), arm (1), neck (1))

17 × 17

MHOM/BR/2015/M32382

  1. Abbreviations: BR Brazil, FG French Guiana