PHYLOGENETIC TAXONOMY OF LEISHMANIA (VIANNIA) BRAZILIENSIS BASED ON ISOENZYMATIC STUDY OF 137 ISOLATES

Authors
CHOUICHA N LANOTTE G PRATLONG F CUBA CAC VELEZ ID DEDET JP
Citation
N. Chouicha et al., PHYLOGENETIC TAXONOMY OF LEISHMANIA (VIANNIA) BRAZILIENSIS BASED ON ISOENZYMATIC STUDY OF 137 ISOLATES, Parasitology, 115, 1997, pp. 343-348
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00311820
Volume
115
Year of publication
1997
Part
4
Pages
343 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-1820(1997)115:<343:PTOL(B>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Biochemical characterization of 137 Leishmania braziliensis isolates f rom South and Central America, and from selected endemic foci in Boliv ia, Brazil and Colombia, performed by isoenzymatic electrophoresis usi ng 10 enzymatic systems, showed a high enzymatic polymorphism (44 zymo demes obtained) based on the variation of a small number of enzymes. C ladistic analysis showed close links between the zymodemes within the L. braziliensis s.s. cluster. The position of 2 Colombian zymodemes ob tained (MON204 and MON*205) justify the inclusion of L. peruviana wit hin the L. braziliensis cluster.