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2030-01-01
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IS IT TIME TO REVISE THE NOMENCLATURE OF LEISHMANIA?
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Charite´ Universita¨ tsmedizin Berlin. Institut fu¨ r Mikrobiologie und Hygiene. Berlin, Germany.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. London, United Kingdom.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisa em Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. London, United Kingdom.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisa em Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Abstract
Leishmania is notable for a large number of described species. Molecular phylogenies of Leishmania have increasingly suggested that the number of species could be too large. A recent phylogenetic analysis of the heat-shock protein 70 gene (hsp70) by Fraga and colleagues supports the existence of only eight medically relevant species compared to 17 species as defined by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. Whether a revised classification system should be introduced for Leishmania is discussed.
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