Table 1.

Patterns of global differential gene expression in Leishmania infantum and Leishmania major^a.

	L. infantum		L. major
Fold increase	promastigotes	amastigotes	promastigotes	amastigotes
1.7–3.0	260	217	413	233
3.1–6.0	14	52	63	35
6.1–9.0	0	19	4	15
9.1–12.0	0	9	1	7
> 12.1	0	12	0	11
Total	274	309	481	301
% of modulated genes	3.3	3.8	5.7	3.6

^a All genes presented here (total 1365) showed a fold increase in mRNA accumulation more than 1.7 and a p value < 0.05.