Differentiation and gene flow among European populations of Leishmania infantum MON-1.

• Main Authors: Katrin Kuhls (Author), Carmen Chicharro (Author), Carmen Cañavate (Author), Sofia Cortes (Author), Lenea Campino (Author), Christos Haralambous (Author), Ketty Soteriadou (Author), Francine Pratlong (Author), Jean-Pierre Dedet (Author), Isabel Mauricio (Author), Michael Miles (Author), Matthias Schaar (Author), Sebastian Ochsenreither (Author), Oliver A Radtke (Author), Gabriele Schönian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leishmania infantum is the causative agent of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean region, South America, and China. MON-1 L. infantum is the predominating zymodeme in all endemic regions, both in humans and dogs, the reservoir host. In order to answer important epidemiological...