Leishmaniasis is a clinically and epidemiologically diverse zoonotic disease caused by obligatory,
intracellular protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most widely distributed
form of the disease characterized by skin lesions. Leishmania aethiopica is considered the predominant etiological
agent in Ethiopia. The current study was aimed at developing multilocus microsatellite markers for L. aethiopica
isolated from human cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Ethiopia.