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:10.3201/eid2906.220012

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

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Jun;29(6):1250-1253. doi: 10.3201/eid2906.220012.

Authors

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

Abstract

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.

Keywords: LRV1; Leishmania; Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis; Leishmania RNA virus 1; Leishmaniavirus; Panama; cutaneous leishmaniasis; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; parasites; viruses.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Leishmania guyanensis* / genetics
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous*
Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous* / epidemiology
Leishmaniavirus* / genetics
Panama / epidemiology

Supplementary concepts

Leishmania RNA virus 1