First isolation of a new species of Leishmania responsible for human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana and classification in the Leishmania enriettii complex

[Display omitted] •Parasites were isolated from a new focus of human cutaneous leishmaniasis.•DNA sequence analysis showed these to be a new species of Leishmania.•The parasites belong to the Leishmania enriettii complex. An active case detection approach with PCR diagnosis was used in the Ho Distri...

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