Presence and diversity of Leishmania RNA virus in an old zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis focus, northeastern Iran: haplotype and phylogenetic based approach

Leishmaniasis is a neglected vector-borne disease caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite belonging to the genus Leishmania spp. (Alvar et al., 2012). Clinical presentations include a broad range of manifestations, ulcerative lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis (ML), and visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar (Desjeux, 2004). CL is the dominant manifestation and widely distributed worldwide, affecting approximately 1.5 to 2 million new cases each year and 350 million are at risk of acquiring the disease (WHO, 2018; Steverding, 2017).

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - September 14, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Reza Saberi, Mahdi Fakhar, Homa Hajjaran, Angila Ataei-Pirkooh, Mehdi Mohebali, Niloofar Taghipour, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi, Yousef Dadi Moghadam, Abouzar Bagheri Source Type: research