New insights on taxonomy, phylogeny and population genetics of Leishmania (Viannia) parasites based on multilocus sequence analysis.

• Main Authors: Mariana C Boité (Author), Isabel L Mauricio (Author), Michael A Miles (Author), Elisa Cupolillo (Author)
• 格式: 圖書
• 出版: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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The Leishmania genus comprises up to 35 species, some with status still under discussion. The multilocus sequence typing (MLST)--extensively used for bacteria--has been proposed for pathogenic trypanosomatids. For Leishmania, however, a detailed analysis and revision on the taxonomy is still require...