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. 2013 Oct 31;7(10):e2490. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002490

Table 1. Numbers of strains per species, region, clinical picture and host of the 120 strains studied.

Species Origin Strains CL DL MCL Sand fly Wild animal Dog nd Zymodeme IOC/Z
L. guyanensis (total 37) Amazonas 36 29 1 6 Z23
Acre 1 1 Z110
L. braziliensis (total 63) Pernambuco 14 12 2 Z45, 72–75, 78, 105
Bahia 9 3 3 3 Z27
Rio de Janeiro 4 4 Z27
Espírito Santo 2 2 Z27
Minas Gerais 15 15 nd
Paraná 3 3 nd
Ceará 2 1 1 Z27
Pará 4 2 1 1 Z27
Acre 8 8 Z78-84
Amazonas 1 1 Z27
Rondonia 1 1 Z53
L. shawi (total 4) Pará 4 3 1 Z26
L. lainsoni (total 6) Acre 3 3 Z86
Pará 2 1 1 Z15
Rondonia 1 1 Z15
L. naiffi (total 7) Pará 5 1 1 3 Z36, 37, 38, 41
Amazonas 2 2 Z36
L. naiffi/L. lainsoni hybrid (total 1) Acre 1 Z87
L. utingensis (total 1) Pará 1 1 Z101
L. lindenbergi (total 1) Pará 1 1 Z102
overall 120 88 3 3 7 16 2 1

VL – visceral leishmaniasis, CL – cutaneous leishmaniasis, MCL – mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, DL – disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis, nd – not defined, IOC/Z –zymodemes according to the CLIOC system [11].