Comments on Leishmania major in Gorilla Feces

Authors

Patrick Bastien, National Reference Center for Leishmaniases, University Hospital Centre of Montpellier
Petr Volf, Charles University, Prague
Jérôme Depaquit, Universityof Reims Champagne-Ardennes
Blaise Dondji, Central Washington UniversityFollow
Montserrat Gallego, Universitat de Barcelona
Jean-Pierre Gangneux, University Rennes
Arezki Izri, Université Paris
Pierre Marty, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
Renaud Piarroux, Aix-Marseille University
Francine Pratlong, University Hospital Centre of Montpellier
Jean-Pierre Dedet, University Hospital Centre of Montpellier

Department or Administrative Unit

Biological Sciences

Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Author Copyright

© The Author 2015.

Publication Date

8-1-2015

Journal

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Abstract

To the Editor—As a group of experts with a long-term experience working in the field of leishmaniasis research, we wish to comment on the highly original finding by Hamad et al about the presence of Leishmania major promastigotes and amastigotes in gorilla feces in southern Cameroon.

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Bastien, P., Volf, P., Depaquit, J., Dondji, B., Gallego, M., Gangneux, J.-P., Izri, A., Marty, P., Piarroux, R., Pratlong, F., & Dedet, J.-P. (2015). Comments on Leishmania major in Gorilla Feces. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 212(3), 505–506. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv129