Table 1. Characteristics of the 76 Leishmania strains used in this study.
| Strain code (lab code) | WHO Code | Country/Region | Zymodeme | Pathology | Population assignment |
| LEM3249 (LG7) | MHOM/FR/96/LEM3249 | France/Pyrénées-Orientales | MON-29 | CL | L. infantum non MON-1 (Pop. 5A) |
| LEM2298 (LG8) | MHOM/ES/91/LEM2298 | Spain/Valencia | MON-183 | VL | L. infantum non MON-1 (Pop. 5A) |
| LEM189 (LG14) | MHOM/FR/80/LEM189 | France/Pyrénées-Orientales | MON-11 | CL | L. infantum non MON-1 (Pop. 5A) |
| LLM175 (LG19) | MHOM/ES/88/LLM175 | Spain/Madrid | MON-198 | VL | L. infantum non MON-1 (Pop. 5A) |
| LLM373 (LG20) | MHOM/ES/92/LLM373 | Spain/Madrid | MON-199 | VL | L. infantum non MON-1 (Pop. 5A) |
| ISS1036 (LG21) | MHOM/IT/94/ISS1036 | Italy | MON-228 | VL | L. infantum non MON-1 (Pop. 5A) |
| ISS800 (LG22) | MHOM/IT/93/ISS800 | Italy/Sicily | MON-188 | VL | L. infantum non MON-1 (Pop. 5B) |
| BUCK (LG15) | MHOM/MT/85/BUCK | Malta | MON-78 | CL | L. infantum non MON-1 (Pop. 5B) |
| LLM-707 | MHOM/ES/97/LLM-707 | Spain/Madrid | MON-24 | VL (HIV+) | L. infantum non MON-1 (Pop. 4) |
| LLM-1036 | MHOM/ES/2001/LLM-1036 | Spain/Madrid | MON-27 | VL (HIV+) | L. infantum non MON-1 (Pop. 4) |
| LLM-745 | MHOM/ES/98/LLM-745 | Spain/Andalucia | MON-34 | VL (HIV+) | L. infantum non MON-1 (Pop. 4) |
| IMT238 | MHOM/PT/98/IMT238 | Portugal/Lisbon-MRL | MON-80 | VL (HIV+) | L. infantum non MON-1 (Pop. 4) |
| CH32 | MHOM/CY/2006/CH32 | Cyprus/Paphos | MON-37 | CL | CY non MON-1 |
| CH33 | MHOM/CY/2006/CH33 | Cyprus/Paphos | MON-37 | VL | CY non MON-1 |
| CH34 | MHOM/CY/2006/CH34 | Cyprus/Paphos | MON-37 | CL | CY non MON-1 |
| CH35 | MHOM/CY/2006/CH35 | Cyprus/Paphos | MON-37 | CL | CY non MON-1 |
| CH36 | MHOM/CY/2006/CH36 | Cyprus/Limassol | MON-37 | VL | CY non MON-1 |
| CD44 cl.1 * | MCAN/CY/2005/CD44 cl.1 | Cyprus/Paphos | MON-37 | CanL | CY non MON-1 |
| EP59 | MHOM/TR/2001/EP59 | Turkey/Kuşadası | MON-308 | VL | TR non MON-1 & GR/TR MON-1 ** |
| CUK1 | MHOM/TR/2005/CUK1 | Turkey/Çukurova | MON-309 | CL | TR non MON-1 |
| CUK2 | ITOB/TR/2005/CUK2 | Turkey/Çukurova | MON-309 | Sandfly | TR non MON-1 |
| CUK3 | ITOB/TR/2005/CUK3 | Turkey/Çukurova | n.d. | Sandfly | TR non MON-1 |
| CUK4 | ITOB/TR/2006/CUK4 | Turkey/Çukurova | n.d. | Sandfly | TR non MON-1 |
| CUK7 | ITOB/TR/2006/CUK7 | Turkey/Çukurova | n.d. | Sandfly | TR non MON-1 |
| CUK10 | ITOB/TR/2005/CUK10 | Turkey/Çukurova | MON-309 | Sandfly | TR non MON-1 |
| GEBRE 1 (LG11) | MHOM/ET/72/GEBRE 1 | Ethiopia | MON-82 | VL | SD/ET2 |
| GILANI (LG12) | MHOM/SD/82/GILANI | Sudan | MON-30 | VL | SD/ET2 |
| 3S (LG18) | MHOM/SD/62/3S | Sudan | MON-81 | VL | SD/ET2 |
| HUSSEN (LG13) | MHOM/ET/00/HUSSEN | Ethiopia | MON-31 | VL | SD/ET1 |
| LEM3946 (LG17) | MCAN/SD/2000/LEM3946 | Sudan/Gedaref | MON-274 | CanL | SD/ET1 |
| LEM3472 (LG23) | MHOM/SD/97/LEM3472 | Sudan/Gedaref | MON-267 | PKDL | SD/ET1 |
| LEM3429 (LG24) | MHOM/SD/97/LEM3429 | Sudan/Gedaref | MON-257 | VL | SD/ET1 |
| LEM3463 (LG25) | MHOM/SD/97/LEM3463 | Sudan/Gedaref | MON-258 | VL | SD/ET1 |
| DEVI (LG9) | MHOM/IN/00/DEVI | India/Bihar | MON-2 | VL | IN1 |
| THAK35 (LG10) | MHOM/IN/96/THAK35 | India/Bihar | MON-2 | VL | IN1 |
| L59 | MHOM/LK/2002/L59 | Sri Lanka | MON-37 | CL | LK |
| L60c | MHOM/LK/2002/L60c | Sri Lanka | MON-37 | CL | LK |
| L60b | MHOM/LK/2002/L60b | Sri Lanka | MON-37 | CL | LK |
| LEM4537 | MHOM/IN/2003/LEM4537 | India | MON-37 | CL | IN3 |
| LEM4527 | MHOM/IN/2003/LEM4527 | India | MON-37 | CL | IN3 |
| Chandigarh | MHOM/IN/83/Chandigarh | India/Himachal Pradesh | MON-37 | VL | IN3 |
| NLB 189 | MHOM/KE/83/NLB 189 | Kenya | MON37 | PKDL | KE/IN2 |
| NLB 323 | MHOM/KE/85/NLB 323 | Kenya | MON37 | VL | KE/IN2 |
| LRC-L57 | IMAR/KE/62/LRC-L57 | Kenya | MON37 | Sandfly | KE/IN2 |
| SC23 (LG16) | MHOM/IN/54/SC23 | India | MON-38 | VL | KE/IN2 |
| EP3 | MHOM/TR/94/EP3 | Turkey | n.d. | n.d. | GR/TR MON-1 |
| EP16 | MCAN/TR/96/EP16 | Turkey | n.d. | CanL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GH1 | MHOM/GR/2001/GH1 | Greece/Athens | MON1 | VL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GH3 | MHOM/GR/2001/GH3 | Greece/Heraklion | MON1 | VL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GH9 | MHOM/GR/2001/GH9 | Greece/Athens | MON1 | VL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GD3 | MCAN/GR/2001/GD3 | Greece/Heraklion | MON98 | CanL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GD4 | MCAN/GR/2001/GD4 | Greece/Heraklion | MON98 | CanL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GH2 | MHOM/GR/2001/GH2 | Greece/Athens | MON1 | VL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GH5 | MHOM/GR/2001/GH5 | Greece/Ag.Nikolaos | MON1 | VL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GH6 | MHOM/GR/2001/GH6 | Greece/Athens | MON98 | VL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GH10 | MHOM/GR/2001/GH10 | Greece/Athens | MON1 | VL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GH11 | MHOM/GR/2001/GH11 | Greece/Athens | MON1 | VL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GH12 | MHOM/GR/2002/GH12 | Greece/Ziros | MON1 | VL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GD7 | MCAN/GR/2001/GD7 | Greece/Heraklion | MON1 | CanL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| GD8 | MCAN/GR/2001/GD8 | Greece/Rethymno | MON98 | CanL | GR/TR MON-1 |
| L4 | MHOM/GR/78/L4 | Greece/Athens | MON1 | VL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| IMT337 | MHOM/PT/2003/IMT337 | Portugal/Alto Douro | MON1 | CL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| IMT296 | MHOM/PT/2002/IMT296 | Portugal/Lisbon-MRL | MON1 | VL (HIV+) | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| BCN16 (LG5) | MHOM/ES/86/BCN16 | Spain/Catalonia | MON1 | CL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| IMT260 (LG6) | MHOM/PT/2000/IMT260 | Portugal/Lisbon-MRL | MON1 | CL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| LLM-1136 | MCAN/ES/2001/LLM-1136 | Spain/Madrid | MON1 | CanL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| LLM-1106 | MCAN/ES/2001/LLM-1106 | Spain/Madrid | MON1 | CanL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| LEM75 (LG1) | MHOM/FR/78/LEM75 | France | MON1 | VL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| LSL29 (LG4) | MHOM/FR/97/LSL29 | France | MON1 | CL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| PM1 (LG3) | MHOM/ES/93/PM1 | Spain/Majorca | MON1 | VL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| LLM-1155 | MCAN/ES/2002/LLM-1155 | Spain/Ibiza | MON1 | CanL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| LLM-1233 | MCAN/ES/2003/LLM-1233 | Spain/Ibiza | MON1 | CanL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| LLM-1228 | MCAN/ES/2003/LLM-1228 | Spain/Ibiza | MON1 | CanL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| LLM-1241 | MCAN/ES/2003/LLM-1241 | Spain/Ibiza | MON1 | CanL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| LLM-1203 | MCAN/ES/2002/LLM-1203 | Spain/Ibiza | MON1 | CanL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
| LLM-1038 | MCAN/ES/2001/LLM-1038 | Spain/Majorca | MON1 | CanL | SP/PT MON-1 (Spain, Portugal) |
The non MON-1 strains from Turkey as well as the Cyprian canine isolate clone 1 analysed herein are presented in bold.
VL, visceral leishmaniasis; CL, cutaneous leishmaniasis; PKDL, post Kala Azar dermal leishmaniasis; CanL, canine leishmaniasis.
*Only one of the three MON-37 clones (cl.1) isolated from the parent CD44 strain was further analyzed;
**Hybrid strain; CY, Cyprus; ET, Ethiopia; GR, Greece; IN, India; KE, Kenya; LK, Sri Lanka; PT, Portugal; SD, Sudan; SP, Spain; TR, Turkey; n.d., not defined.