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Short Communication

Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37 isolated from an autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis patient in Sri Lanka

Shalindra RanasingheDepartment of ParasitologyFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri LankaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Wen-Wei ZhangDepartment of Microbiology and ImmunologyMcGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Renu WickremasingheDepartment of ParasitologyFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
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Priyanka AbeygunasekeraTeaching HospitalAnuradhapura, Sri Lanka
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Vishvanath ChandrasekharanDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Sunethra AthaudaGeneral HospitalVavuniya, Sri Lanka
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Suresh MendisTeaching HospitalAnuradhapura, Sri Lanka
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Sanjeeva HulangamuwaTeaching HospitalAnuradhapura, Sri Lanka
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Greg MatlashewskiDepartment of Microbiology and ImmunologyMcGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Francine PratlongCHRU de MontpellierDepartement de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, UMR CNRS 5290/IRD 224/UM1 & 2 “MIVEGEC’, Montpellier, France
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Pages 421-424 | Published online: 12 Nov 2013

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