Fig. 1

Representative phylogenetic tree of all 25 Leishmania species pathogenic to humans and classified in the subgenera Mundinia, Leishmania and Viannia. On the right, the indication of the continents where species of each subgenus have already been reported. Leishmania naiffi is highlighted. All Leishmania reference descriptions were revised by Das Chagas et al. [¹], with the exception of Leishmania chancei [²]