Genetic diversity of Leishmania tropica: Unexpectedly complex distribution pattern.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Haplotype diversity
ITS1
Phylogeography
Journal
Acta tropica
ISSN: 1873-6254
Titre abrégé: Acta Trop
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0370374
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Historique:
received:
22
01
2021
revised:
18
02
2021
accepted:
02
03
2021
pubmed:
14
3
2021
medline:
5
6
2021
entrez:
13
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In this study, we characterized a collection of clinical samples obtained from Syrian and Turkish patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis using internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) sequences. All obtained sequences belonged to Leishmania tropica. Combining them with those available from GenBank allowed us performing a broad-scale analysis of genetic diversity for this species. We demonstrated that L. tropica has a complex phylogeographic pattern with some haplotypes being widespread across endemic countries and others restricted to particular regions. We hypothesize that at least some of them may be associated with alternative vectors or animal reservoirs.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33713626
pii: S0001-706X(21)00067-X
doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105888
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
105888Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V.