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Correction: A Historical Overview of the
Classification, Evolution, and Dispersion of
Leishmania Parasites and Sandflies
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Citation: The PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Staff (2016) Correction: A Historical Overview of the
Classification, Evolution, and Dispersion of
Leishmania Parasites and Sandflies. PLoS Negl Trop
Dis 10(6): e0004770. doi:10.1371/journal.
pntd.0004770
Published: June 2, 2016
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Fig 1. Updated classification of Leishmania and sandfly. Panel A. Classification of Leishmania species. *, +: Synonym; different numbers of star (*)
and plus (+) signs mean which species name is the synonym for which original species, Underlined: No final classification. @L. siamensis@ and L.
martiniquensishave been found also in the New World. Leishmania names in quotationmark are unofficial names without formal descriptions. Panel B.
Phlebotominae sandfly classification,according to Theodor [6,13], Quate and Fairchild [163], Theodor and Mesghali[22], Lewis [5], Leng [15], and Young
and Duncan [8].
doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004770.g001
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