Abstract： Objective To confirm the existence of point mutations I n the SSU rDNA variable regions of 5 Leishmania donovani (L-d) isolates from different epidemic foci in ChinaMethods Specific SSU rDNA fragments from nuclear DNA of 7 Leishmania species/isolates were amplified by PCR and then cloned into pGEMR-T Easy Vectors After that, the specific fragments were sequenced by an auto mated DNA sequencerResults Sequence analysis showed that the amplified DNA fragments of 7 Leishmania species/isolates were all 392 bp in length All 5 po int mutations were located in two unique sequence blocks (UQ-Ⅰ and UQ-Ⅱ), a nd no insertions or deletions were found The dentities of comparison of Leish mania in GeneBank were more than 98%.Conclusion Five point mutations exist in the ssu rDNA variable region of 5 L.d.isolates from different epidemic foci of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in China. Sequence differences differences of the SSU rDNA variable region exist among L.d.isolates from different foci.