Table 3.
Estimated distributions of molecular species on the basis of percentages of sequenced strains compared to the total number of published cases in the respective area.
| Continent / region | Country | Reported cases | Sequenced isolates | S. brasiliensis % | S. globosa % | S. schenckii % | S. mexicana % | S. luriei |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | China | 3299 | 121 | 121: 100 % | ||||
| India | 621 | 12 | 12: 100 % | |||||
| Japan | 355 | 7 | 6: 86 % | 1: 14 % | ||||
| Australia | Australia | 144 | 10 | 10: 100 % | ||||
| Africa | South Africa | 3154 | 7 | 6: 86 % | 1 | |||
| Mozambique | 1 | 1: 100 % | ||||||
| Western and southern parts of South America, Central and North America | Peru | 342 | 15 | 15: 100 % | ||||
| Argentina | 3 | 3: 100% | ||||||
| Bolivia | 1 | 1: 100 % | ||||||
| Mexico | 157 | 28 | 1: 4 % | 25: 89 % | 2: 7 % | |||
| Venezuela | 133 | 13 | 13: 100 % | |||||
| Guatemala | 55 | 2 | 2: 100 % | |||||
| Columbia | 60 | 6 | 2: 33 % | 4: 67 % | ||||
| USA | 287 | 23 | 3: 13 % | 20: 87 % | ||||
| Eastern South America | Brazil | 5814 | 352 | 312: 88.4 % | 4: 1.1 % | 33: 9.3 % | 3: 0.8 % | |
| Europe | 6 | 24 | 17: 71 % | 5: 21 % | 2: 8 % | |||
| Total | 625 | 312 | 168 | 137 | 7 | 1 |