Table 1. NH36 antibody epitope mapping.

Fragment	position	Sequence (aa)	antibody binding inhibition (%)
F1	40–57	N Q T L E K V T R N A R L V A D V A G	0.00
F1–F2	94–108	P E F K T K L D G R H A V Q L	2.15
F2	114–126	M S H E P K T I T L V P T	0.46
F3	202–219	A V Q K R V K E V G T K P A A F M L	31.40
F3	228–239	V Y E K E R N T Y A T V	18.82
F3	278–291	F R Y P R P K H C H T Q V A	20.89

Percent of the antibody binding inhibition from sera of Leishmune vaccinated dogs by each of the predicted synthetic peptides in a competitive ELISA assay.