Fig 3. Neighbor joining tree inferred from MLMT profiles of 525 strains of L. infantum and 12 strains of L. donovani obtained with a standard set of 14 microsatellite markers specific for the Leishmania donovani complex.

The tree shows the position of L. infantum from Armenia in comparison to the main endemic regions of visceral leishmaniasis in Europe, Africa and Asia. Strains typed by MLEE as L. donovani are marked by squares. The three populations inferred by STRUCTURE are indicated as pop1-537, pop2-537 and pop3-537 and marked by grey curves. UZ–Uzbekistan, TA–Tajikistan, CN–China, TR—Turkey, CY—Cyprus, AL—Albania, GR—Greece, IL—Israel, PA—Palestine, MA—Malta, DZ—Algeria, IR—Iran, ES—Spain, PT—Portugal, IT—Italy, FR–France.