Elimination of LRVs Elicits Different Responses in <i>Leishmania</i> spp.
Andreu Saura, Alexandra Zakharova, Donnamae Klocek, Evgeny S. Gerasimov, Anzhelika Butenko, Diego H. Macedo, Elena Servienė, Diana Zagirova, Anastasia Meshcheryakova, Igor B. Rogozin, Saulius Serva, Alexei Yu. Kostygov, Vyacheslav Yurchenko
Abstract
Leishmania spp. represent human pathogens that cause leishmaniasis, a widespread parasitic disease with mild to fatal clinical manifestations. Some strains of leishmaniae bear leishmaniaviruses (LRVs), and this has been shown to aggravate disease course.
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LeishmaniaBiologyLeishmaniasisCapsidVirologyLutzomyiaGeneStrain (injury)GeneticsVirusParasite hostingAnatomyPsychodidaeWorld Wide WebComputer scienceResearch on Leishmaniasis StudiesTrypanosoma species research and implications