Fig. 1

Distribution patterns and relative abundance of Leishmania spp. circulating within National Army of Colombia. 65.09% (n = 69) of the barcoding identified species corresponded to L. braziliensis, while 31.13% (n = 33) to L. panamensis, only 1.89% (n = 2) to L. naiffi, 0,945% (n = 1) to L. lindenbergi and 0.945% (n = 1) to L. infantum. Barcoding of the parasite species was carried out by BLASTn with a percentage identity greater than 98% from HSP70 (106/136) sequences obtained by PCR amplification and terminal dideoxy paired end sequencing for skin smear samples. 106 skin smear samples of patients were analyzed within BONZA, Boyacá (n = 74) and BASAN, Bogotá (n = 32). (Own elaboration)