Further support for a palaearctic origin of Leishmania

The fossil record and systematics of murid rodents, reservoirs of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Palaearctic, Oriental, African, Nearctic and Neotropical, strongly support a Palaearctic origin of Leishmania. The fossil record and systematics of phlebotomine sand flies reinforce this idea. I...

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Main Authors: Sara F Kerr, Robert Merkelz, Christy MacKinnon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2000-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000400022

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