Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Leishmania infantum from Southeastern France: Evaluation Using Multi-Locus Microsatellite Typing.

• Main Authors: Christelle Pomares (Author), Pierre Marty (Author), Anne Laure Bañuls (Author), Emmanuel Lemichez (Author), Francine Pratlong (Author), Benoît Faucher (Author), Fakhri Jeddi (Author), Sandy Moore (Author), Grégory Michel (Author), Srikanth Aluru (Author), Renaud Piarroux (Author), Mallorie Hide (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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In the south of France, Leishmania infantum is responsible for numerous cases of canine leishmaniasis (CanL), sporadic cases of human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and rare cases of cutaneous and muco-cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL and MCL, respectively). Several endemic areas have been clearly identifie...