Detection of Leishmania RNA virus in Leishmania parasites.

• Main Authors: Haroun Zangger (Author), Catherine Ronet (Author), Chantal Desponds (Author), F Matthew Kuhlmann (Author), John Robinson (Author), Mary-Anne Hartley (Author), Florence Prevel (Author), Patrik Castiglioni (Author), Francine Pratlong (Author), Patrick Bastien (Author), Norbert Müller (Author), Laurent Parmentier (Author), Nancy Gore Saravia (Author), Stephen M Beverley (Author), Nicolas Fasel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Patients suffering from cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by New World Leishmania (Viannia) species are at high risk of developing mucosal (ML) or disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL). After the formation of a primary skin lesion at the site of the bite by a Leishmania-infected sand fly, the...