TABLE 3.
Results from three PCR-RFLP genotyping schemes for Leishmania spp.
| No. of patients | Species or complex identified bya:
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| LEG-RFLP typing | Miniexon RFLP typing | ITS-RFLP typing | |
| 1 | ND | L. braziliensis | L. braziliensis complex |
| 2 | ND | L. braziliensis | ND |
| 2 | ND | L. guyanensis | ND |
| 1 | ND | L. mexicana | ND |
| 1 | L. tropica | L. tropica | L. tropica complex |
| 4 | L. major | L. major | L. major complex |
| 7 | L. infantum | L. infantum | L. donovani complex |
| 4 | L. infantum | L. infantum | ND |
| 3 | L. infantum | ND | ND |
| 2b | L. donovani | L. infantum | ND |
| 2b | L. donovani | L. infantum | L. major complex |
a
ND, not determined (PCR test failed to detect the infection).
b
Discordant results.