Table 1.

Expected size (bp) of products following first round and second round PCR using GenBank sequences of internal transcribed spacer ITS2.

Leishmania species	ITS2 products with external primers	Predicted size of ITS2 products with internal primers	Genbank accession numbers of L. major, L. turanica and L. gerbilli
L. major	483	245 or 233*	FJ753394, FJ753393, FJ753392, FJ753391, DQ300195, AJ786166, AJ786165, AJ786164, AJ786163, AY260965, AJ300481, AJ272383, AJ000310
L. gerbilli	441	206	AJ300486
L. turanica	399	141	AJ272382, AJ272381, AJ272380, AJ272379, AJ272378, AJ000309, AJ000308, AJ000307

^*This pattern was not observed in our standard strains or in samples from the gerbils.