Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) of strains from Turkey and Cyprus reveals a novel monophyletic L. donovani sensu lato group.

• Main Authors: Evi Gouzelou (Author), Christos Haralambous (Author), Ahmad Amro (Author), Andreas Mentis (Author), Francine Pratlong (Author), Jean-Pierre Dedet (Author), Jan Votypka (Author), Petr Volf (Author), Seray Ozensoy Toz (Author), Katrin Kuhls (Author), Gabriele Schönian (Author), Ketty Soteriadou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: New foci of human CL caused by strains of the Leishmania donovani (L. donovani) complex have been recently described in Cyprus and the Çukurova region in Turkey (L. infantum) situated 150 km north of Cyprus. Cypriot strains were typed by Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis (MLEE) using th...