Maria Antoniou a, Christos Haralambous b, Apostolos Mazeris c, Francine Pratlong d, Jean-Pierre Dedet d, Ketty Soteriadou b 
a Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
b Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece
c Veterinary Services of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
d Université Montpellier 1 et Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Laboratoire de Parasitologie and Centre National de Reference des Leishmania, Montpellier, France