Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current...
Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy
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Lukeš, Julius , Mauricio, Isabel L , Schönian, Gabriele , Dujardin, Jean-Claude , Soteriadou, Ketty , Dedet, Jean-Pierre , Kuhls, Katrin , Tintaya, K. Wilber Quispe , Jirků, Milan , Chocholová, Eva , Haralambous, Christos , Pratlong, Francine , Oborník, Miroslav , Horák, Aleš , Ayala, Francisco J and Miles, Michael A
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Leishmaniasis is a geographically widespread severe disease, with an increasing incidence of two million cases per year and 350 million people from 88 countries at risk. The causative agents are species of Leishmania, a protozoan flagellate. Visceral leishmaniasis, the most severe form of the disease, lethal if untreated, is caused by species of th...
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Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy
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TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_17517634
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_17517634
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.0703678104
