Diversity of RNA viruses in the cosmopolitan monoxenous trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trypanosomatids are parasitic flagellates well known because of some representatives infecting humans, domestic animals, and cultural plants. Many trypanosomatid species bear RNA viruses, which, in the case of human pathogens Leishmania spp., influence the course of the disease. One of the close relatives of leishmaniae, Leptomonas pyrrhocoris, has been previously shown to harbor viruses of the groups not documented in other trypanosomatids. At the same time, this species has a worldwide distribution and high prevalence in the natural populations of its cosmopolitan firebug host. It therefore represents an attractive model to study the diversity of RNA viruses.

Results

We surveyed 106 axenic cultures of L. pyrrhocoris and found that 64 (60%) of these displayed 2-1

SUBMITTER: Macedo DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10496375 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature