Characteristics of the 76 Leishmania strains used in this study.

The non MON-1 strains from Turkey as well as the Cyprian canine isolate clone 1 analysed herein are presented in bold.VL, visceral leishmaniasis; CL, cutaneous leishmaniasis; PKDL, post Kala Azar dermal leishmaniasis; CanL, canine leishmaniasis.*Only one of the three MON-37 clones (cl.1) isolated from the parent CD44 strain was further analyzed;**Hybrid strain; CY, Cyprus; ET, Ethiopia; GR, Greece; IN, India; KE, Kenya; LK, Sri Lanka; PT, Portugal; SD, Sudan; SP, Spain; TR, Turkey; n.d., not defined.