Analysis of Kinetoplast DNA from Mexican Isolates of Leishmania (L.) mexicana

Table 1

Mexican isolates and reference strains of Leishmania mexicana complex used in this study.

(a)

Reference strains	International code^1	Source
L.  (𝐿.)  mexicana	MHOM/BZ/62/BEL21	1
L.  (𝐿.)  mexicana	MHOM/BZ/62/M379	1
L.  (𝐿.)  amazonensis	IFLA/BR/67/PH8	1
L.  (𝐿.)  amazonensis	MHOM/BR/73/M2269	1
L.  (𝐿.)  garnhami	MHOM/VE/75/HM76	1
L.  (𝐿.)  garnhami	MHOM/VE/76/JAP78	1
L.  (𝐿.)  pifanoi	MHOM/VE/57/LL1	1

¹: The WHO Leishmania  Reference Collection at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

(b)

Mexican isolates^2		Origin
From patients with LCL
L.  (𝐿.)  mexicana	MHOM/MX/88/HRC JS (SOB)	Tabasco
L.  (𝐿.)  mexicana	MHOM/MX/88/HRC MC (MC)	Tabasco
L.  (𝐿.)  mexicana	MHOM/MX/83/UAYV (YUC)	Campeche
From patients with DCL
L.  (𝐿.)  mexicana	MHOM/MX/84/ISET GS (GS)	Tabasco
L.  (𝐿.)  mexicana	MHOM/MX/85/ISET HF (HF)	Veracruz
L.  (𝐿.)  Mexicana	MHOM/MX/92/INDRE AM (AM)	Veracruz
L.  (𝐿.)  mexicana	MHOM/MX/92/INDRE AG (AG)	Tabasco

²: Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos, Secretaria de Salud, Mexico. Tabasco, Veracruz, and Campeche states are located in the Mexican Southeast.