Further insight into the geographic distribution of Leishmania species in Peru by cytochrome b and mannose phosphate isomerase gene analyses.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Hirotomo Kato, Abraham G Cáceres, Chisato Seki, Carmen Rosa Silupu García, Carlos Holguín Mauricci, Salvadora Concepción Castro Martínez, Dafne Moreno Paico, Josefa Leila Castro Muniz, Lucinda Doriz Troyes Rivera, Zoila Isabel Villegas Briones, Silvia Guerrero Quincho, Guísela Lucy Sulca Jayo, Edwin Tineo Villafuerte, Carlos Manrique de Lara Estrada, Fernando Rafael Arias, Fredy Santiago Passara, Nancy Ruelas Llerena, Makoto Kubo, Ahmed Tabbabi, Daisuke S Yamamoto, Yoshihisa Hashiguchi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Flinders
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007496; https://doaj.org/article/6ad5226f6a804c5cb47f88db7a30c2e1

To obtain further insight into geographic distribution of Leishmania species in Peru, a countrywide survey, including central to southern rainforest areas where information on causative parasite species is limited, was performed based on cytochrome b (cyt b) and mannose phosphate isomerase (mpi) gen...