TABLE 1.

Results for Leishmania strains

Species	Reference no.	Origin	Melting point (°C)	Melting point groupa
L. donovani	MHOM/IN/80/DD8	India	71.4	C
L. donovani	MHOM/CN/Wangjie1	China	71.5	C
L. infantum	MHOM/TN/80/ITP1	Tunisia	71.7	C
L. chagasi	MHOM/BR/74/PP75	Brazil	71.5	C
L. donovani	LO8	Sudan	71.6	C
L. aethiopica	MHOM/ET/94/Abauye	Ethiopia	64.9	A
L. aethiopica	MHOM/ET/94/1769	Ethiopia	64.9	A
L. aethiopica	MHOM/ET/94/1470	Ethiopia	64.9	A
L. tropica	MHOM/SU/58/OD	Soviet Union	65.0	A
L. tropica	MHOM/SU/74/k27	Soviet Union	65.0	A
L. tropica	MHOM/IQ/66/L75	Iraq	65.0	A
L. tropica	MHOM/IL/80/Singer	Israel	65.0	A
L. tropica	TRO-33	Turkey	64.9	A
L. major	MHOM/SU/73/5-ASKH	Soviet Union	65.0	A
L. mexicana amazonensis	LV9	Brazil	64.9	A
L. tropica	MHOM/IR/72/NADIM3	Iran	64.7	A
L. aethiopica	BH1	Ethiopia	65.0	A
L. mexicana mexicana	L.MEX.MEX.	Mexico	64.9	A
L. brasiliensis brasiliensis	MHOM/BR/75/M2903	Brazil	66.9	B
L. brasiliensis brasiliensis	L.BRAS.	Brazil	67.0	B

^aC, L. donovani complex; B, L. brasiliensis complex; A, other strains.