Geographic Distribution of Leishmania Species in Ecuador Based on the Cytochrome B Gene Sequence Analysis.

• Egile Nagusiak: Hirotomo Kato (Egilea), Eduardo A Gomez (Egilea), Luiggi Martini-Robles (Egilea), Jenny Muzzio (Egilea), Lenin Velez (Egilea), Manuel Calvopiña (Egilea), Daniel Romero-Alvarez (Egilea), Tatsuyuki Mimori (Egilea), Hiroshi Uezato (Egilea), Yoshihisa Hashiguchi (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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A countrywide epidemiological study was performed to elucidate the current geographic distribution of causative species of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Ecuador by using FTA card-spotted samples and smear slides as DNA sources. Putative Leishmania in 165 samples collected from patients with CL in...