Table 1.

Nomenclature of Leishmania species based on heat shock protein 70 (hsp 70) gene sequences [54].

Name of the organism	Geographical distribution
L. donovani	China, Indian subcontinent, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen
L. infantum/L. Chagasi  As given [51]	Albania, Algeria, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadalupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela
L. archibaldi	India, Sudan, Ethiopia, Lebanon, and Israel
L. tropica	Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yemen
L. aethiopica	Ethiopia, Kenya
L. major	Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Syria, and Sudan
L. mexicana	Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela
L. amazonensis	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela
L. garnhami	Venezuela
L. guyanensis	Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
L. panamensis	Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela
L. naiffi	Brazil, French Guyana, Ecuador, and Peru
L. braziliansis	Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua
L. peruviana	Peru