Isolation of Novel Trypanosomatid, Zelonia australiensis sp. nov. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) Provides Support for a Gondwanan Origin of Dixenous Parasitism in the Leishmaniinae

• Joel Barratt ,

  * E-mail: joel.barratt-1@uts.edu.au

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Alexa Kaufer,

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Bryce Peters,

  Affiliations School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Insect Research Facility, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Douglas Craig,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Andrea Lawrence,

  Affiliations Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Department of Medical Entomology, University of Sydney & Pathology West - ICPMR, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

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• Tamalee Roberts,

  Affiliation St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Division of Microbiology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Rogan Lee,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

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• Gary McAuliffe,

  Affiliation Microbiology Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

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• Damien Stark,

  Affiliation St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Division of Microbiology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• John Ellis

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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