Leishmania: Probable genetic hybrids between species in Sudanese isolates

Hamad S. H.¹, Ahmed M. Musa¹, Eltahir A. G. Khalil¹, Tamrat Abebe ², Brima M. Younis¹, Mona E. E. Elthair¹, Ahmed M. EL-Hassan¹, Asrat Hailu² and Aldert Bart³*

¹The Leishmaniasis Research Group, Sudan, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Sudan.

²Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

³Department of Medical Microbiology, Parasitology Section, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.