Identification of divergent Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis ecotypes derived from a geographically restricted area through whole genome analysis.

• Main Authors: Bruna S L Figueiredo de Sá (Author), Antonio M Rezende (Author), Osvaldo P de Melo Neto (Author), Maria Edileuza F de Brito (Author), Sinval P Brandão Filho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leishmania braziliensis, the main etiological agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Latin America, is characterized by major differences in basic biology in comparison with better-known Leishmania species. It is also associated with a high phenotypic and possibly genetic diversity that need to be...