Analysis of the IGS rRNA Region and Applicability for Leishmania (V.) braziliensis Characterization

Table 1

Codes of different reference strains used in conventional and real-time PCR assays.

Species	Strain code
Leishmania braziliensis	MHOM/BR/1975/M2903
Leishmania guyanensis	MHOM/BR/1975/M4147
Leishmania shawi	IWHI/BR/1999/M17904
Leishmania naiffi	MDAS/BR/1990/M5533
Leishmania lainsoni	MHOM/BR/1981/M6426
Leishmania amazonenses	IFLA/BR/1967/PH8
Leishmania mexicana	MHOM/BZ/1982/BEL 21
Leishmania tropica	MHOM/SU/1958/strain OD
Leishmania major	MRHO/SU/1959/P-strain
Leishmania donovani	MHOM/ET/1967/HU3
Leishmania infantum/chagasi	MHOM/TN/1980/IPT1
Trypanosoma cruzi	Y strain