Geographic Distribution of Leishmania Species in Ecuador Based on the Cytochrome B Gene Sequence Analysis

• Hirotomo Kato ,

  * E-mail: hirok@jichi.ac.jp

  Affiliations Division of Medical Zoology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan, Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Eduardo A. Gomez,

  Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia y Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador

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• Luiggi Martini-Robles,

  Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia, Insitituto de Investigacion de Salud Publica, Guayaquil, Ecuador

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• Jenny Muzzio,

  Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia, Insitituto de Investigacion de Salud Publica, Guayaquil, Ecuador

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• Lenin Velez,

  Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia y Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador

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• Manuel Calvopiña,

  Affiliation Centro de Biomedicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Daniel Romero-Alvarez,

  Affiliation Centro de Biomedicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Tatsuyuki Mimori,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Hiroshi Uezato,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

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• Yoshihisa Hashiguchi

  Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia y Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador

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