Nuclear and kinetoplast DNA analyses reveal genetically complex Leishmania strains with hybrid and mito-nuclear discordance in Peru

• Ahmed Tabbabi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

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

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• Abraham G. Cáceres,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliations Sección de Entomología, Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Daniel A. Carrión” y Departamento Académico de Microbiología Médica, Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú, Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-7002

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• T. Pershing Bustamante Chauca,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Área de Investigación en Salud—Evaluación de las Intervenciones Sanitarias y Vigilancia de las Enfermedades Metaxénicas y Zoonoticas, Dirección Regional de Salud Amazonas, Perú

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6142-4750

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• Chisato Seki,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

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

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• Yanisa Choochartpong,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Daiki Mizushima,

  Roles Investigation

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2825-1018

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• Daisuke S. Yamamoto,

  Roles Investigation

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4347-7808

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• Yoshihisa Hashiguchi,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

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• Hirotomo Kato

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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

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

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