| description of leishmania equatorensis sp. n (kinetoplastida: trypanosomatidae), a new parasite infecting arboreal mammals in ecuador. | characterization is given of a new parasite, leishmania equatorensis sp. n., which was isolated from the viscera of a sloth (choloepus hoffmanni) and a squirrel (sciurus granatensis), captured in humid tropical forest on the pacific coast of ecuador. data based on biological and molecular criteria, as well as numerical zymotaxonomical analysis, indicate that this parasite is a new species of the l. braziliensis complex. l. equatorensis is clearly distinguishable from all other known species with ... | 1992 | 1308568 |
| minicircle variable region probes for characterization of leishmania (viannia) species. | the minicircle molecules present in the kinetoplast dna (kdna) network constitute a particularly useful molecular tool because they are a multicopy target and present a variable region that differs among minicircle classes in the same network. using the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and a set of primers directed outwardly from the minicircle conserved region, it is possible to prepare molecular probes representing the pool of variable regions from the different minicircle classes in the kdna. ... | 1999 | 10386456 |
| identification of endotrypanum species from a sloth, a squirrel and lutzomyia sandflies in ecuador by pcr amplification and sequencing of the mini-exon gene. | pcr amplification and nucleotide sequencing of the mini-exon gene revealed that four strains isolated from a sloth (choloepus hoffmanni), a squirrel (sciurus granatensis) and two sandflies (lutzomyia hartmanni) in ecuador were indistinguishable from endotrypanum monterogeii. another strain isolated from lu. hartmanni showed the high sequence similarity to e. schaudinni. since three of these strains have been previously identified as leishmania (viannia) equatorensis, the results demonstrate that ... | 2003 | 12808222 |
| phylogenetic relationships of leishmania species based on trypanosomatid barcode (ssu rdna) and ggapdh genes: taxonomic revision of leishmania (l.) infantum chagasi in south america. | phylogenetic studies on trypanosomatid barcode using v7v8 ssu rrna and ggapdh gene sequences have provided support for redefining some trypanosomatid species and positioning new isolates. the genus leishmania is a slow evolving monophyletic group and including important human pathogens. the phylogenetic relationships of this genus have been determined by the natural history of its vertebrate hosts, vector specificity, clinical manifestations, geographical distribution and molecular approaches us ... | 2014 | 24747606 |