Table 1. Distribution of Leishmania species by department in Peru.
| Department | Leishmania species* | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lb | Lp | Lg | Ll | La | Lb/Lp | Lp/Ll | ||
| Amazonas | 0 | 1 | 3 (2#) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ancash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Apurimac | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Ayacucho | 2 | 1 | 2# | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cajamarca | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Cusco | 4 (1#) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Huanuco | 3 | 0 | 1# | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Junin | 2 (1#) | 0 | 3 (1#) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| La Libertad | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Lambayeque | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Lima | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Loreto | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1# | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Madre de Dios | 24 (1#) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Pasco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Piura | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Puno | 6 (1#) | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| San Martin | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 47 | 44 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 134 |
*Parasite species were identified by the PCR-RFLP analysis targeting 807bp mpi gene fragments (S2 Fig) with restriction enzymes HaeIII, VpaK11BI, and BstXI. Lb, L. (V.) braziliensis; Lp, L. (V.) peruviana; Lg, L. (V.) guyanensis; Ll, L. (V.) lainsoni; La, L (L.) amazonensis; Lb/Lp, a putative hybrid of L. (V.) braziliensis and L. (V.) peruviana; Lb/Ll, a putative hybrid of L. (V.) peruviana and L. (V.) lainsoni
#Mito-nuclear discordance was determined by the comparative analysis of nuclear (mpi, hsp70, and 6pgd) and kinetoplast (cyt b and COII-ND1) DNA fragments.