Table 1.

Human-infective species of the Leishmania genus

Old World species	New World species	Disease type
L. major complex	L. mexicana complex	Cutaneous
L. (L.) major	L. (L.) mexicana
L. (L.) tropica	L. (L.) amazonensis
L. (L.) aethiopica	L. (L.) pifanoi
	L. (L.) venezuelensis
	L. (Viannia) subgenus
	L. (V.) braziliensis
	L. (V.) panamensis
	L. (V.) guyanensis
	L. (V.) peruviana
	L. (V.) lansoni
	L. (V.) braziliensis	Mucocutaneous
L. (L.) aethiopica	L. (L.) amazonensis	Diffuse cutaneous
	L. (L.) pifanoi
L. donovani complex		Visceral
L. (L.) donovani
L. (L.) infantum *	L. (L.) chagasi *

The main species complexes and subgenus are shown in bold; the species with complete genome sequences either available or being generated are underlined.

^*Species that can also be associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis.