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Parasitology
; 122(Pt 6): 599-605, 2001 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11444612
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.