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Sudan: the possible original focus of visceral leishmaniasis
F Pratlong1, J Dereure, B Bucheton
1Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Centre National de Reference des Leishmanioses, CHU de Montpellier, France.
Parasitology
|July 11, 2001
Abstract:
Fifty-two Leishmania strains, obtained from human patients and dogs in a visceral leishmaniasis focus in Sudan, were characterized by isoenzyme electrophoresis (15 enzymes). The phylogenetic analysis showed that the 7 Leishmania zymodemes obtained hold ancestral positions on the phylogenetic tree, supporting the hypothesis of an East African origin of visceral leishmaniasis.