PCR-RFLP analyses of Leishmania species causing cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis revealed distribution of genetically complex strains with hybrid and mito-nuclear discordance in Ecuador

• Hirotomo Kato ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

  Current address: Division of Medical Zoology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

  Affiliation Division of Medical Zoology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5429-9536

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• Eduardo A. Gomez,

  Roles Resources

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

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• Chisato Seki,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Medical Zoology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

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• Hayato Furumoto,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Luiggi Martini-Robles,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Hospital de Especialidades Guayaquil “Dr. Abel Gilberto Pinton”, Ministerio de Salud Publica, Guayaquil, Ecuador

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• Jenny Muzzio,

  Roles Resources

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2972-4833

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• Manuel Calvopiña,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad De Las Américas (UDLA), Quito, Ecuador

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• Lenin Velez,

  Roles Resources

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

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• Makoto Kubo,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Division of Immunology, Kitasato University School of Allied Health Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Ahmed Tabbabi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Medical Zoology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

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• Daisuke S. Yamamoto,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Medical Zoology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

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• Yoshihisa Hashiguchi

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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