Sudan: the possible original focus of visceral leishmaniasis

Authors
Pratlong, F Dereure, J Bucheton, B El-Safi, S Dessein, A Lanotte, G Dedet, JP
Citation
F. Pratlong et al., Sudan: the possible original focus of visceral leishmaniasis, PARASITOL, 122, 2001, pp. 599-605
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
PARASITOLOGY
ISSN journal
00311820 → ACNP
Volume
122
Year of publication
2001
Part
6
Pages
599 - 605
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-1820(200106)122:<599:STPOFO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Fifty-two Leishmania strains, obtained from human patients and dogs in a vi sceral leishmaniasis focus in Sudan, were characterized by isoenzyme electr ophoresis (15 enzymes). The phylogenetic analysis showed that the 7 Leishma nia zymodemes obtained hold ancestral positions on the phylogenetic tree, s upporting the hypothesis of an East African origin of visceral leishmaniasi s.