The objective of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of MALDI-TOF MS for the characterization of
Leishmania
species circulating in Bolivia, in comparison with the sequencing of the
hsp70
gene. In our study, all of the isolates could be identified, and no misidentifications were observed at the complex level.
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