Multilocus Microsatellite Typing (MLMT) of Strains from Turkey and Cyprus Reveals a Novel Monophyletic L. donovani Sensu Lato Group

• Evi Gouzelou ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Evi Gouzelou, Christos Haralambous

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece

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• Christos Haralambous ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Evi Gouzelou, Christos Haralambous

  * E-mail: christosharalambous@gmail.com

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece

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• Ahmad Amro,

  Affiliation Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine

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• Andreas Mentis,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece

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• Francine Pratlong,

  Affiliation Laboratoire de Parasitologie and Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, Université Montpellier 1 and CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France

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• Jean-Pierre Dedet,

  Affiliation Laboratoire de Parasitologie and Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, Université Montpellier 1 and CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France

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• Jan Votypka,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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• Petr Volf,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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• Seray Ozensoy Toz,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Ege University Medical School, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

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• Katrin Kuhls,

  Affiliation Institut für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Gabriele Schönian,

  Affiliation Institut für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Ketty Soteriadou

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece

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