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.
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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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