Global genome diversity of the Leishmania donovani complex

Global genome diversity of the Leishmania donovani complex

Protozoan parasites of the Leishmania donovani complex – L. donovani and L. infantum – cause the fatal disease visceral leishmaniasis. We present the first comprehensive genome-wide global study, with 151 cultured field isolates representing most of the geographical distribution. L. donovani isolate...

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Main Authors: Susanne U Franssen, Caroline Durrant, Olivia Stark, Bettina Moser, Tim Downing, Hideo Imamura, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Mandy J Sanders, Isabel Mauricio, Michael A Miles, Lionel F Schnur, Charles L Jaffe, Abdelmajeed Nasereddin, Henk Schallig, Matthew Yeo, Tapan Bhattacharyya, Mohammad Z Alam, Matthew Berriman, Thierry Wirth, Gabriele Schönian, James A Cotton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-03-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Leishmania donovani / infantum
visceral leishmaniasis
neglected tropical disease
genomics
hybridisation
aneuploidy
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/51243

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