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Detection of Leishmania RNA Virus 1 in Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis Isolates, Panama

2023; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 29; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid2906.220012

ISSN

1080-6059

Autores

Kadir González, Santiago S. De León, Vanessa Pineda, Franklyn Samudio, Zeuz Capitan-Barrios, José Antonio Suárez, Adriana Weeden, Betsi Ortiz, Margarita Ríos, Brechla Moreno, Nathan Gundacker, Juan Miguel Pascale, Sandra López‐Vergès, Néstor Sosa, Azäel Saldaña, Leyda Ábrego,

Tópico(s)

Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Resumo

We detected Leishmania RNA virus 1 (LRV1) in 11 isolates of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis collected during 2014-2019 from patients from different geographic areas in Panama. The distribution suggested a spread of LRV1 in L. (V.) panamensis parasites. We found no association between LRV1 and an increase in clinical pathology.

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