Draft Genome Sequences of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis, Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana, and Leishmania (Leishmania) aethiopica, Potential Etiological Agents of Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Batra, D.; Lin, W.; Narayanan, V.; Rowe, L.A.; Sheth, M.; Zheng, Y.; Loparev, V.; de Almeida, M.
Microbiology Resource Announcements 8(20)
2019
ISSN/ISBN: 2576-098X PMID: 31097501 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00269-19Document Number: 533629
We present here the draft genome sequences of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis, Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana, and Leishmania (Leishmania) aethiopica, potential etiological agents of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL). Sequence data were obtained using PacBio and MiSeq platforms. The PacBio assemblies generated using Canu v1.6 are more contiguous than are those in the available data.
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