Extensive heterozygosity and genetic exchange among natural populations of <i>Leishmania</i> species
will provide crucial insight for the design of targeted interventions that mitigate the spread of the debilitating tropical diseases caused by these parasites.
Authors
- Matthew W. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1254-0608)
- Petr Volf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5673-6066)
- Michael E. Grigg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3465-3782)
- David L. Sacks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7557-3124)
- Tiago Rodrigues Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4894-1515)
- Julius Lukeš (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0578-6618)
- Akila Fathallah Mili
- Mourad Barhoumi
- Zoubir Harrat
- Immen Khammari
- Yusr Saadi-BenAoun
- Eliza V. C. Alves-Ferreira
- Ikram Guizani
- Ihcen Kherachi
Institutions
- Sewanee: The University of the South (US)
- Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (US)
- Institut Pasteur de Tunis (TN)
- Institut Pasteur d'Algérie (DZ)
- Institute of Parasitology (CZ)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre (CZ)
- Tunis El Manar University (TN)
- University of Sousse (TN)
- Mississippi State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2026-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2537999123
- Primary Topic
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Grantová Agentura České Republiky
- National Institutes of Health