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Table 1 Distribution of Leishmania species and zymodemes by lesion type and geographic origin

From: Leishmania isoenzyme polymorphisms in Ecuador: Relationships with geographic distribution and clinical presentation

  

Geographical region

Leishmania species

Zymodeme

Pacific lowlands

Pacific highlands

inter-Andean valleys

Amazonian lowlands

L. L. amazonensis

Z1

ulcer (1)

ulcer (1)

-

ulcer (1)

 

Z2

ulcer (4)

ulcer (3)

-

-

L. V. panamensis

Z3

-

LRC (4), ulcer (1), E (1), DL (1)

-

-

 

Z4

-

LRC (2)

-

-

 

Z5

-

LRC (2), ulcer (1)

-

-

 

Z7

ulcer (1)

-

-

-

 

Z8

ulcer (1)

ulcer (1)

-

ulcer (1)

 

Z15

-

S (1)

-

-

 

Z16

-

ulcer (2), papular (1), S (1)

-

-

L. V. guyanensis

Z11

ulcer (1)

-

-

-

 

Z12

-

-

-

ulcer (3)

 

Z13

-

ulcer (2)

-

-

 

Z14

-

ulcer (1)

-

-

L. V. braziliensis

Z6

-

-

-

ulcer (1), MCL (1)

 

Z9

-

-

-

MCL (1)

 

Z10

-

-

-

MCL (2)

L. L. mexicana

Z17

DCL(1)

-

-

-

 

Z18

-

-

ulcer (3), papular (1)

-

 

Z19

-

-

papular (1)

-

 

Z20

-

-

papular (5)

-

L. L. major

Z21

ulcer (1)

-

papular (1)

-

  1. Number of isolates are shown in parentheses. DCL, diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis; LRC, leishmaniasis recidiva cutis; MCL, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; S, sporotrichoid; E, erysipeloid.
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