[Presence of Leishmania major Yakimoff and Schokhor, 1914 in Mali. Enzymatic identification of a strain of human origin].

The first case of oriental sore reported to Leishmania major is identified in Mali. The characterization of the stain isolated from a left arm lesion of a 30 years old european woman is carried out by electrophoretic analysis using enzymes, i.e. PGM, PGI, G-6-PDH, 6-PGDH, IDH, MDH, ME, GOT.