Filling the gaps in Leishmania naiffi and Leishmania guyanensis genome plasticity.

ABSTRACT: Insufficient and irregular data reports on Leishmaniasis, issuing from the developing world, have left much to be desired in terms of understanding the molecular signatures producing distinct infectious phenotypes of the disease. Herein, we report on the complete genome sequencing of Leishmania naiffi and Leishmania guyanensis, sampled from patients in regions of Colombia and Venezuela. In this study, the isolates of cutaneous lesions from both species presented limited structural variation at the chromosomal level, low gene copy number variation, and high genetic heterogeneity. We compared these sequences to the reference genomes hitherto related from Brazil and French Guyana. Although of the same species, we note a consequential genomic disparity between the Venezuelan and French Guyanes

SUBMITTER: Patino LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8727957 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature