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A new species of Leishmania isolated from the great gerbil Rhombomys opimus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

M. V. Strelkova ,
A. V. Shurkhal ,
O. I. Kellina ,
L. N. Eliseev ,
D. A. Evans ,
W. Peters ,
C. J. Chapman ,
S. M. Leblancq  and
G. J. J. M. Van Eys
M. V. Strelkova
Affiliation:
Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Malaya Pirogovskaya 20, 119830 Moscow, USSR
A. V. Shurkhal
Affiliation:
Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Gubkina Street, 3, 117809 Moscow, USSR
O. I. Kellina
Affiliation:
Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Malaya Pirogovskaya 20, 119830 Moscow, USSR
L. N. Eliseev
Affiliation:
Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Malaya Pirogovskaya 20, 119830 Moscow, USSR
D. A. Evans
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Protozoology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, U.K.
W. Peters
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Protozoology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, U.K.
C. J. Chapman
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Protozoology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, U.K.
S. M. Leblancq
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Protozoology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, U.K.
G. J. J. M. Van Eys
Affiliation:
Laboratorium voor Tropische Hygiene, Royal Tropical Institute, Meibergdreef 39, 1105 Az Amsterdam Z.O., Netherlands
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Summary

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 characteristics from all other Old World taxa of Leishmania.

Keywords

Leishmania turanicaRhombomys opimusnew speciesisoenzymesnuclear DNA
Type
Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 101 , Issue 3 , December 1990 , pp. 327 - 335
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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