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Leishmania infantum Nicolle, 1908 from southern Spain: Characterisation of the strains from human visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis and from sandflies; with a numerical analysis of the isoenzymatic data

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This study presents the results of the characterisation of 17 strains ofLeishmania by isoenzyme electrophoresis from a focus of leishmaniasis in southern Spain: two from human visceral leishmaniasis, four from human cutaneous leishmaniasis and 11 from sandflies. The 17 strains are grouped in 6 zymodemes characterised by their variability as regards to the electrophoretic mobility of the enzymes MDH, G6PD, NP and ME. Thus, we confirm the high intraspecific variability ofLeishmania (L.) infantum in a focus of southern Spain, as already suggested by previous studies. Zymodemes GR-15 and GR-17 are also described for the first time in Spain, and they characteristically possess the same relative electrophoretic mobility in the enzyme ME (93). Sixteen zymodemes of theL. infantum complex found in southern Spain were numerically analysed on the basis of the enzymatic profiles of 122Leishmania strains characterised from this area.

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  1. Parasitology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Granada University, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, 18011, Granada, Spain

    J. Martin Sanchez, F. Ruiz Martinez, C. Sanchez Rabasco, C. Acedo Sanchez, M. C. Sanchiz Marin & F. Morillas Marquez

  2. Sociology and Social Psychology Department, Faculty of Psychology, Granada University, Granada, Spain

    J. M. Salinas Martinez de Lecea

  3. Dermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine-San Cecilio Clinical Hospital, Granada University, Granada, Spain

    V. Delgado Florencio

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Sanchez, J.M., Martinez, F.R., Salinas Martinez de Lecea, J.M. et al. Leishmania infantum Nicolle, 1908 from southern Spain: Characterisation of the strains from human visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis and from sandflies; with a numerical analysis of the isoenzymatic data. Syst Parasitol 33, 177–182 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01531198

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