Table 1.

Genetic diversity at 12 microsatellite loci in 124 strains of Leishmania braziliensis strains from 4 populations

Locus	GenBank accession no.	Allele size, bp	N	Hs	FIS
AC01	AF139110	198–212	8	0.707	0.576
AC16	AF139112	147–161	11	0.754	0.341
AC52	AF139111	098–126	22	0.914	0.501
ARP	AF045249	121–157	18	0.874	0.441
ITSbraz	AJ300483	100–108	6	0.603	0.923
Ibh3	AF044682	116–136	9	0.584	0.599
LRC	BX544585	118–134	15	0.826	0.424
CAK	BX544561	152–170	13	0.743	0.676
EMI	BX541508	183–189	14	0.809	0.645
LBA	BX539885	168–180	14	0.803	0.225
GO9	BX539509	148–168	10	0.673	0.466
E11	BX542509	096–108	9	0.715	0.618
Mean ± SE			12.4 ± 4.4	0.750 ± 0.100	0.537 ± 0.040

N, number of alleles; H_s, Nei's unbiased genetic diversity within subsamples (23); F_IS, deviation from panmixia.