| a new species of leishmania isolated from the great gerbil rhombomys opimus. | leishmania turanica n.sp., found infecting the desert rodent rhombomys opimus in the southern territories of the ussr and the mongolian people's republic, is described. this parasite exists sympatrically with l. major and l. gerbilli in r. opimus and is the predominant species. a total of 284 isolates of l. turanica from r. opimus, 3 from naturally infected phlebotomus andrejevi and 1 from p. papatasi were characterized and found to be clearly distinguishable on isoenzyme and nuclear dna charact ... | 1990 | 2092289 |
| phlebotomine sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) in iran and their role on leishmania transmission. | sand fly research has a long history in iran beginning with the work of adler, theodor and lourie in 1930 and followed by mesghali's foundational taxonomic work on sand flies in 1943. since then, research has been continued unabated throughout the country and official publications report the existence of at least 44 species of sand flies (26 of the genus phlebotomus and 18 of genus sergentomyia) in iran. so far, seven phlebotomus species and one sergentomyia species have been collected and descr ... | 2012 | 23293774 |
| analysis of kinetoplast cytochrome b gene of 16 leishmania isolates from different foci of china: different species of leishmania in china and their phylogenetic inference. | leishmania species belong to the family trypanosomatidae and cause leishmaniasis, a geographically widespread disease that infects humans and other vertebrates. this disease remains endemic in china. due to the large geographic area and complex ecological environment, the taxonomic position and phylogenetic relationship of chinese leishmania isolates remain uncertain. a recent internal transcribed spacer 1 and cytochrome oxidase ii phylogeny of chinese leishmania isolates has challenged some asp ... | 2013 | 23383990 |