Sudan: the possible original focus of visceral leishmaniasis
- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Parasitology
- Vol. 122 (06) , 599-605
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182001007867
Abstract
Fifty-two Leishmania strains, obtained from human patients and dogs in a visceral leishmaniasis focus in Sudan, were characterized by isoenzyme electrophoresis (15 enzymes). The phylogenetic analysis showed that the 7 Leishmania zymodemes obtained hold ancestral positions on the phylogenetic tree, supporting the hypothesis of an East African origin of visceral leishmaniasis.Keywords
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