2019 | Journal article | published
A novel multilocus sequence typing scheme identifying genetic diversity amongst Leishmania donovani isolates from a genetically homogeneous population in the Indian subcontinent
Sultana Shahana Banu, Wieland Meyer, Kennio Ferreira-Paim, Qinning Wang, Katrin Kuhls, Elisa Cupolillo, Gabriele Schönian, Rogan Lee (2019)
International Journal for Parasitology. 49 (7), 555-567.
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2017 | Journal article | open access
Spatiotemporal and molecular epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Libya
Ahmad Amro, Hamida Al-Dwibe, Aisha Gashout, Olga Moskalenko, Marlena Galafin, Omar Hamarsheh, Marcus Frohme, Anja Jaeschke, Gabriele Schönian, Katrin Kuhls (2017)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11 (9), e0005873.
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2014 | Journal article | open access
Leishmania donovani populations in Eastern Sudan: temporal structuring and a link between human and canine transmission
Rania Baleela, Martin S. Llewellyn, Sinead Fitzpatrick, Katrin Kuhls, Gabriele Schönian, Michael Miles, Isabel L. Mauricio (2014)
Parasites & Vectors. 7, k.A..
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2014 | Journal article | published
Genetic diversity evaluation on Portuguese Leishmania infantum strains by multilocus microsatellite typing
Sofia Cortes, Isabel L. Mauricio, Katrin Kuhls, Mónica Nunes, Carla Lopes, Marta Marcos, Luís Cardoso, Gabriele Schönian, Lenea Campino (2014)
Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 26, 20–31.
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2014 | Journal article | open access
Leishmania siamensis als Erreger von autochthoner kutaner Leishmaniose bei Pferden in Deutschland - eine neue Infektionskrankheit in Mitteleuropa?
Denise Sinning, Kernt Köhler, Lutz-Ferdinand Litzke, Gabriele Schönian, Marcus Frohme, Katrin Kuhls (2014)
Wissenschaftliche Beiträge 2014. 18, 17-25.
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2013 | Journal article | open access
Population structure and evidence for both clonality and recombination among Brazilian strains of the subgenus Leishmania (Viannia)
Katrin Kuhls, Elisa Cupolillo, Soraia O. Silva, Carola Schweynoch, Mariana Côrtes Boité, Maria N. Mello, Isabel L. Mauricio, Michael Miles, Thierry Wirth, Gabriele Schönian (2013)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 7 (10), e2490.
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2012 | Journal article | open access
Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) of strains from Turkey and Cyprus reveals a novel monophyletic L. donovani sensu lato group
Evi Gouzelou, Christos Haralambous, Ahmad Amro, Andreas Mentis, Francine Pratlong, Jean-Pierre Dedet, Jan Votypka, Petr Volf, Seray Ozensoy Toz, Katrin Kuhls, Gabriele Schönian, Ketty Soteriadou (2012)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 6 (2), e1507.
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2012 | Journal article | published
Genetic typing reveals monomorphism between antimony sensitive and resistant Leishmania donovani isolates from visceral leishmaniasis or post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis cases in India
B. V. Subba Raju, Srividya Gurumurthy, Katrin Kuhls, Gabriele Schönian, Poonam Salotra (2012)
Parasitology Research. 111 (4), 1559–1568.
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2011 | Journal article | published
Multilocus genotyping reveals a polyphyletic pattern among naturally antimony-resistant L. braziliensis isolates from Peru
Vanessa Adaui, Tine Huyse, Frederik Van den Broeck, Michael Talledo, Katrin Kuhls, Simonne De Doncker, Louis Maes, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Gabriele Schönian, Jorge Arevalo, Jean-Claude Dujardin (2011)
Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 11 (8), 1873-1880.
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2011 | Journal article | published
Dissiminated cutaneous leishmaniasis resembling post-kala-azar leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani in three patients co-infected with visceral leishmaniasis and human immunodeficieny virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Ethiopia
Tesfaye Gelanew, Zewdu Hurissa, Ermias Diro, Aysheshm Kassahun, Katrin Kuhls, Gabriele Schönian, Asrat Hailu (2011)
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 84 (6), 906-912.
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2011 | Journal article | published
Multilocus microsatellite typing revealed high genetic variability of Leishmania donovani strains isolated during and after a Kala Azar epidemic in Libo Kemkem District, Northwest Ethiopia
Tesfaye Gelanew, Israel Cruz, Katrin Kuhls, Jorge Alvar, Carmen Cañavate, Asrat Hailu, Gabriele Schönian (2011)
Microbes and Infection. 13 (6), 595-601.
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2011 | Journal article | open access
Comparative multilocus microsatellite typing of New World Leishmania infantum (syn. L. chagasi) reveals low heterogeneity among populations and its recent Old World origins
Katrin Kuhls, Mohammad Zahangir Alam, Elisa Cupolillo, Gabriel Ferreira, Isabel L. Mauricio, Rolando Oddone, Dora Feliciangeli, Thierry Wirth, Michael Miles, Gabriele Schönian (2011)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 5 (6), e1155.
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2011 | Journal article | published
Guns, germs and dogs: On the origin of Leishmania chagasi
Raphaël Leblois, Katrin Kuhls, Olivier François, Gabriele Schönian, Thierry Wirth (2011)
Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 11 (5), 1091-1095.
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2011 | Journal article | published
Molecular approaches for a better understanding of the epidemiology and population genetics of Leishmania
Gabriele Schönian, Katrin Kuhls, Isabel L. Mauricio (2011)
Parasitology. 138 (4), 405-425.
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2011 | Journal article | published
Multilocus microsatellite typing shows three different genetic clusters of Leishmania major in Iran
Mahnaz Tashakori, Amer Al-Jawabreh, Katrin Kuhls, Gabriele Schönian (2011)
Microbes and Infection. 13 (11), 937-942.
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2010 | Journal article | published
A clinical isolate of Leishmania donovani with ITS-1 sequence polymorphism as a cause of para-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in an Ethiopian human immunodeficieny virus-positive patient on highly active antiretroviral therapy
Tesfaye Gelanew, W. Amogne, Tamrat Abebe Zeleke, Katrin Kuhls, Asrat Hailu, Gabriele Schönian (2010)
British Journal of Dermatology. 163 (4), 870-874.
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2010 | Journal article | open access
Inference of population structure of Leishmania donovani strains isolated from different Ethiopian visceral leishmaniasis endemic areas
Tesfaye Gelanew, Katrin Kuhls, Zewdu Hurissa, Teklu Weldegebreal, Workagegnehu Hailu, Aysheshm Kassahun, Tamrat Abebe Zeleke, Asrat Hailu, Gabriele Schönian (2010)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 4 (11), e889.
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2009 | Journal article | published
The paraphyletic composition of Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37 revealed by multilocus microsatellite typing
Mohammad Zahangir Alam, Christos Haralambous, Katrin Kuhls, Evi Gouzelou, Dionyssios Sgouras, Ketty Soteriadou, Lee Schnur, Francine Pratlong, Gabriele Schönian (2009)
Microbes and Infection. 11 (6-7), 707-715.
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2009 | Journal article | published
Identification of the agent causing visceral leishmaniasis in Uzbeki and Tajiki foci by analysing parasite DNA extracted from patients' Giemsa-stained tissue preparations
Mohammad Zahangir Alam, Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Kovalenko , Katrin Kuhls, R. M. Nasyrova, V. I. Ponomareva, A. A. Fatullaeva, Shavkat A. Razakov, Lee Schnur, Gabriele Schönian (2009)
Parasitology. 136 (9), 981-986.
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2009 | Journal article | published
Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) reveals genetic homogeneity of Leishmania donovani strains in the Indian subcontinent
Mohammad Zahangir Alam, Katrin Kuhls, Carola Schweynoch, Shyam Sundar, S Rijal, Abul Khair M. Shamsuzzaman, B. V. Subba Raju, Poonam Salotra, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Gabriele Schönian (2009)
Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 9 (1), 24-31.
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2009 | Journal article | published
PCR diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic region, Mymensingh district, Bangladesh
Mohammad Zahangir Alam, Abul Khair M. Shamsuzzaman, Katrin Kuhls, Gabriele Schönian (2009)
Tropical Medicine and International Health. 14, 1-5.
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2009 | Journal article | published
Population genetics of Leishmania infantum in Israel and the Palestinian Authority through microsatellite analysis
Ahmad Amro, Gabriele Schönian, Mohamed Barakat Al-Sharabati, Kifaya Azmi, Abedelmajeed Nasereddin, Ziad Abdeen, Lee Schnur, Gad Baneth, Charles L. Jaffe, Katrin Kuhls (2009)
Microbes and Infection. 11 (4), 484-492.
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2009 | Journal article | published
Population structure of Tunisian Leishmania infantum and evidence for the existence of hybrids and gene flow between genetically different populations
Najla Chargui, Ahmad Amro, Najoua Haouas, Gabriele Schönian, Hamouda Babba, Sonja Schmidt, Christophe Ravel, Michele Lefebvre, Patrick Bastien, Emna Chaker, Karim Aoun, Mohamed Zribi, Katrin Kuhls (2009)
International Journal of Parasitology. 39 (7), 801-811.
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2009 | Journal article | published
Development of a multilocus microsatellite typing approach for discriminating strains of the Leishmania subgenus (L.) Viannia
Rolando Oddone, Carola Schweynoch, Gabriele Schönian, Cintia dos Santos de Sousa, Elisa Cupolillo, Diego Espinosa, Jorge Arevalo, Harry Noyes, Isabel L. Mauricio, Katrin Kuhls (2009)
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47 (9), 2818-2825.
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2008 | Journal article | published
Identification of geographically distributed sub-populations of Leishmania (Leishmania) major by microsatellite analysis
Amer Al-Jawabreh, Stefanie Diezmann, Michaela Müller, Thierry Wirth, Lee Schnur, Margarita Strelkova, Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Kovalenko , Shavkat A. Razakov, Jan Schwenkenbecher, Katrin Kuhls, Gabriele Schönian (2008)
BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8, 183.
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2008 | Journal article | open access
Differentiation and Gene Flow among European Populations of Leishmania infantum MON-1
Katrin Kuhls, Carmen Chicharro, Carmen Cañavate, Sofia Cortes, Lenea Campino, Christos Haralambous, Ketty Soteriadou, Francine Pratlong, Jean-Pierre Dedet, Isabel Mauricio, Michael Miles, Matthias Schaar, Sebastian Ochsenreither, Oliver Radtke, Gabriele Schönian (2008)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2 (7), e261.
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2008 | Journal article | published
Genetic polymorphism of Algerian Leishmania infantum strains revealed by multilocus microsatellite analysis
Nabila Seridi, Ahmad Amro, Katrin Kuhls, M Belkaid, C Zidane, Amer Al-Jawabreh, Gabriele Schönian (2008)
Microbes and Infection. 10 (12-13), 1309-1315.
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2007 | Journal article | published
Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) reveals genetically isolated populations between and within the main endemic regions of visceral leishmaniasis
Katrin Kuhls, Lyvia Keilonat, Sebastian Ochsenreither, Matthias Schaar, Carola Schweynoch, Wolfgang Presber, Gabriele Schönian (2007)
Microbes and Infection. 9 (3), 334-343.
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2007 | Journal article | published
Analysis of DNA microsatellite sequence variation as a useful tool for studying the epidemiology of Old World leishmaniases
Katrin Kuhls, Jan Schwenkenbecher, Gabriele Schönian (2007)
Science and Culture. 73 (5-6), 120-128.
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2007 | Journal article | published
Epidemiological dynamics of antimonial resistance in Leishmania donovani: genotyping reveals a polyclonal population structure among naturally-resistant clinical isolates from Nepal
Thierry Laurant, S Rijal, V Yardley, Simon Croft, Simonne De Doncker, Saskia Decuypere, B Khanal, R Singh, Gabriele Schönian, Katrin Kuhls, F Chappuis, Jean-Claude Dujardin (2007)
Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 7 (2), 206-212.
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2007 | Journal article | published
Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy
Julius Lukeš, Isabel L. Mauricio, Gabriele Schönian, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Ketty Soteriadou, Jean-Pierre Dedet, Katrin Kuhls, Wilber Tintaya, M Jirku , Eva Chocholova, Christos Haralambous, Francine Pratlong, M Obornik, A Horak, Francisco Ayala, Michael Miles (2007)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 104 (22), 9375-9380.
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2006 | Journal article | published
Comparison of molecular markers for strain typing of Leishmania infantum
Yannick Botilde, Thierry Laurant, Wilber Quispe-Tintaya, Carmen Chicharro, Carmen Cañavate, Israel Cruz, Katrin Kuhls, Gabriele Schönian, Jean-Claude Dujardin (2006)
Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 6 (6), 440-446.
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2006 | Journal article | published
Leishmania major: Genetic heterogeneity of Iranian isolates by single-strand conformation polymorphism and sequence analysis of ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer
Katrin Kuhls, Amer Al-Jawabreh, Tashakori Mahnaz, Isabel L. Mauricio, Gabriele Schönian, Safar Farajnia, Mohammad Hossein Alimohammadian (2006)
Acta Tropica. 98 (1), 52-58.
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2006 | Journal article | published
Multilocus microsatellite typing as a new tool for discrimination of Leishmania infantum MON-1 strains
Sebastian Ochsenreither, Katrin Kuhls, Matthias Schaar, Wolfgang Presber, Gabriele Schönian (2006)
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44 (2), 495-503.
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2005 | Journal article | published
Analysis of ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences of the Leishmania donovani complex
Katrin Kuhls, Isabel Mauricio, Francine Pratlong, Wolfgang Presber, Gabriele Schönian (2005)
Microbes and Infection. 7 (11-12), 1224-1234.
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