Journal
TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 10, Pages 466-469Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.06.013
Keywords
-
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Leishmania is notable for a large number of described species. Molecular phylogenies of Leishmania have increasingly suggested that the number of species could be too large. A recent phylogenetic analysis of the heat-shock protein 70 gene (hsp70) by Fraga and colleagues supports the existence of only eight medically relevant species compared to 17 species as defined by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. Whether a revised classification system should be introduced for Leishmania is discussed.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available