PHLEBOTOMUS-PERNICIOSUS NEWSTEAD, 1911, INFECTION BY VARIOUS ZYMODEMES OF THE LEISHMANIA-INFANTUM COMPLEX IN THE GRANADA PROVINCE (SOUTHERNSPAIN)

This study presents the results of the isoenzymatic characterization o f 21 strains of Leishmania of sandfly (P. perniciosus) origin from the Torvizcon area. It forms an integral part of a larger eco-epidemiolog ical study of the Alpujarras (Granada province, Southern Spain). The s trains analysed were shown to belong to the L. infantum complex based on the results of 15 enzymes. The electrophoretic profiles for the enz ymes MDH, G6PD and NP1 have permitted the identification of four zymod emes: GR-1 (5 strains), GR-2 (2 strains), GR-3 (13 strains) and GR-7 ( 1 strain); only one of these zymodemes, GR-1, was found in the Torvizc on area in the vertebrate host (man and dog). This is the first time z ymodeme GR-7 has been described.