Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2023)

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

  • Kadir Gonzalez,
  • Santiago S. De León,
  • Vanessa Pineda,
  • Franklyn Samudio,
  • Zeuz Capitan-Barrios,
  • José Antonio Suarez,
  • Adriana Weeden,
  • Betsi Ortiz,
  • Margarita Rios,
  • Brechla Moreno,
  • Nathan D. Gundacker,
  • Juan M. Pascale,
  • Sandra López-Vergès,
  • Néstor Sosa,
  • Azael Saldaña,
  • Leyda E. Ábrego

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2906.220012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 6
pp. 1250 – 1253

Abstract

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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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