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. 2001 Jun;122(Pt 6):599-605.
doi: 10.1017/s0031182001007867.

Sudan: the possible original focus of visceral leishmaniasis

F Pratlong  1 , J Dereure, B Bucheton, S El-Saf, A Dessein, G Lanotte, J P Dedet
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Sudan: the possible original focus of visceral leishmaniasis

F Pratlong et al. Parasitology. 2001 Jun.

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.

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