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SHORT REPORT: QUANTIFICATION OF LEISHMANIAVIRUS RNA IN CLINICAL SAMPLES AND ITS POSSIBLE ROLE IN PATHOGENESIS
1 Sept 2003
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Leishmaniavirus (LRV) is a double-stranded RNA virus that infects the protozoa Leishmania and has been identified in numerous strains of Leishmania braziliensis and L. braziliensis guyanensis. In general, the species of Leishmania dictates disease manifestation except in the case of L. braziliensis, which is capable of causing either cutaneous or mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. We wanted to determine 1) the quantity...
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