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Identity and taxonomy within the genus Leishmania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

L. F. Schnur
L. F. Schnur
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Department of Parasitology, Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Abstract

Identification and taxonomy of the genus Leishmania is considered in brief, drawing on existing review articles. A fully-referenced synopsis of clinical, epidemiological, biological, immunological and biochemical criteria and methods used for typing leishmanial parasites is given and discussed. Classical and modern approaches are compared. Leishmanial phylogeny, the value of numerical taxonomy and the possibility of sexual recombination in leishmanial organisms are also considered.

Résumé

L'dentification et la taxonomie dans le genre Leishmania sont rappelés brievement, pour attirer l'attention sur les revues et les articles existents. Les critères et les méthodes cliniques épidémiologiques, biologiques, immunologiques et biochimiques utilisés pour typer ces parasites sont résumés dans un tableau synoptique et discuté. Les approaches classiques et modernes sont comparées entre elles. La phylogénie des Leishmania, l'utilité de la taxonomie numérique et la possibilité de recombinaison sexualle dans les Leishmania sont également discutées.

Keywords

Leishmaniaidentificationbiologicalserological and biochemical characterizationtaxonomyphylogenysexualityLeishmaniaidentificationcaratérisation biologiquesérologique et biochimiquetaxonomiephylogéniesexualité
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Special Section: Leishmaniasis Epidemiology
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , April 1986 , pp. 213 - 223
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Copyright © ICIPE 1986

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