Highlights• Sequences of 18s rRNA gene of B. gibsoni in Sri Lanka were highly similiar to Wayanad isolate 8 from India.• ITS1 genes were highly similar to those of B. gibsoni from India.• B. gibsoni in Sri Lanka is genetically similar to a strain present in South India.
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