RNA Viruses in Blechomonas (Trypanosomatidae) and Evolution of Leishmaniavirus

Flagellates belonging to the genus Leishmania are important human parasites. Some strains of different Leishmania species harbor viruses (leishmaniaviruses), which facilitate metastatic spread of the parasites, thus aggravating the disease. Up until now, these viruses were known to be hosted only by...

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Main Authors: Danyil Grybchuk, Alexei Y. Kostygov, Diego H. Macedo, Jan Votýpka, Julius Lukeš, Vyacheslav Yurchenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-10-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01932-18