Fungi are a diverse group of organisms with a huge variation in reproductive strategy. While
almost all species can reproduce sexually, many reproduce asexually most of the time …

Molecular approaches are being used increasingly for epidemiological studies of visceral
and cutaneous leishmaniases. Several molecular markers resolving genetic differences …

Protozoan parasites of the Leishmania donovani complex–L. donovani and L. infantum–
cause the fatal disease visceral leishmaniasis. We present the first comprehensive genome …

We propose that clonal evolution in micropathogens be defined as restrained recombination
on an evolutionary scale, with genetic exchange scarce enough to not break the prevalent …

Trypanosoma cruzi is the most important parasitic infection in Latin America and is also
genetically highly diverse, with at least six discrete typing units (DTUs) reported: Tc I, IIa, IIb …

Parasites represent a great proportion of the world's living organisms and are of
overwhelming significance because of their impact on hosts (evolutionarily, medically …

Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease, is highly genetically diverse.
Numerous lines of evidence point to the existence of six stable genetic lineages or DTUs …

Leishmania species of the subgenus Viannia and especially Leishmania braziliensis are
responsible for a large proportion of New World leishmaniasis cases. The reproductive …

Chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is the
emerging infectious disease implicated in recent population declines and extinctions of …

Background Molecular epidemiology at the community level has an important guiding role in
zoonotic disease control programmes where genetic markers are suitably variable to …