Table 1 Species of Leishmania identified in cats and geographical areas of description

Leishmania amazonensis

Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul state)

ILMA

South America

[73]

Leishmania braziliensis

Brazil (Belo Horizonte city)

PCR and hybridization

Central and South America

[92]^c

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro city)

MLEE

[74]

France (French Guiana)

PCR and sequencing

[93]^d

Leishmania infantum

Iran (Fars and East Azerbaijan provinces)

PCR and MLEE

China, Middle East, Mediterranean basin, and Central and South America

[94]

Italy (Imperia, Liguria)

PCR-RFLP

[26]

Italy (Messina, Sicily)

MLEE

[10]

Italy (Lipari island, Sicily)

MLEE and PCR-RFLP

[11]

Switzerland^a

PCR and sequencing

[50]

France (Alpes-Maritimes)

MLEE

[12]

Spain (Barcelona)

PCR and sequencing

[29]

Spain (Madrid community)

PCR and sequencing

[33, 78]

Spain^a

ILMA

[68]

Spain (Mallorca)^b

PCR-RFLP

[95]

Portugal (Lisbon region)

PCR and sequencing

[96, 97]

Portugal (Lisbon and Algarve regions)

PCR and sequencing

[98]

Greece (Thessaly and Macedonia)

PCR and sequencing

[99]

Brazil (Cotia, São Paulo state)

PCR and sequencing

[100]

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

PCR and hybridization

[101]

Brazil (Andradina, São Paulo state)

PCR and sequencing

[102, 103]

Brazil (Araçatuba, São Paulo state)

PCR and sequencing

[104]

Leishmania mexicana

USA (Texas)

MLEE

North and Central America

[75]^e

USA (Texas)

PCR and sequencing

[76]

Leishmania venezuelensis

Venezuela (Barquisimeto city)

MLEE and ILMA

South America

[105]