Unveiling the Enigmatic nature of six neglected Amazonian Leishmania (Viannia) species using the hamster model: Virulence, Histopathology and prospection of LRV1.

• Main Authors: Rodrigo Pedro Soares (Author), Igor Campos Fontes (Author), Felipe Dutra-Rêgo (Author), Jeronimo Nunes Rugani (Author), Paulo Otávio L Moreira (Author), Vânia Lúcia Ribeiro da Matta (Author), Gabriela Venícia Araujo Flores (Author), Carmen Maria Sandoval Pacheco (Author), Andrey José de Andrade (Author), Magda Clara Vieira da Costa-Ribeiro (Author), Jeffrey Jon Shaw (Author), Márcia Dalastra Laurenti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is highly endemic in the Amazon basin and occurs in all South American countries, except Chile and Uruguay. Most Brazilian ATL cases are due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, however other neglected Amazonian species are being increasingly reported. They...