Leishmaniavirus
Sign in to saveLeishmaniavirus (also known as '''Leishmania RNA virus or LRV') is a genus of double-stranded RNA virus, in the family Pseudototiviridae. Protozoa serve as natural hosts, and Leishmaniaviruses are present in several species of the human protozoan parasite Leishmania''. There are six species in this genus.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumDuplornaviricota
- ClassChrymotiviricetes
- OrderGhabrivirales
- FamilyTotiviridae
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Research
91 papers- Leishmaniavirus genetic diversity is not related to leishmaniasis treatment failure.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2021
- Leishmaniavirus-Dependent Metastatic Leishmaniasis Is Prevented by Blocking IL-17A.PLoS pathogens · 2016
- Leishmaniavirus Type 1 Enhances In Vitro Infectivity and Modulates the Immune Response to Leishmania (Viannia) Isolates.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
- Overview of the Leishmaniavirus endoribonuclease and functions of other endoribonucleases affecting viral gene expression.The Journal of experimental zoology · 1998
- RNA Viruses in Blechomonas (Trypanosomatidae) and Evolution of Leishmaniavirus.mBio · 2018
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Prevalence
- Taxonomy
- Structure
- Life cycle
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Leishmaniavirus (also known as '''Leishmania RNA virus or LRV') is a genus of double-stranded RNA virus, in the family Pseudototiviridae. Protozoa serve as natural hosts, and Leishmaniaviruses are present in several species of the human protozoan parasite Leishmania. There are six species in this genus.
==History== The presence of virus-like particles in Leishmania hertigi was first reported in 1974. Various molecular descriptions of Leishmaniavirus were revealed over the subsequent decade, and mostly performed on members of the South American L. (Viannia) subgenus of parasites (which carries the LRV1 species) such as L. guyanensis (L.g) and then later in L. braziliensis (L.b). Recently, interest in these microbial viruses has been renewed by a finding that they may play a role in leishmanial pathology.
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