Tracking the Spread of a Naturally Occurring Leishmania infantumMutant: A qPCR-Based Investigation in Strains and Clinical Samples
Marne Coimbra Batalha Chagas, Ana Nilce Silveira Maia Elkhoury, Samantha Yuri Oshiro Branco Valadas, Bruna Dias das Chagas, Camilly Enes Trindade, Artur Augusto Velho Mendes, Sandro Antônio Pereira, Gabriel Carvalho de Macedo, André Luiz Rodrigues Roque, Manuela da Silva Solcà, Claudia Brodskyn, Deborah Bittencourt Mothé, Juliana Mariotti Guerra, José Eduardo Tolezano, Luiz Fabio Batista, , Mariana Côrtes Boité
This paper develops a qPCR-based tool to detect and quantify Leishmania infantum genotypes with and without a 12 Kb deletion in clinical and cultured samples, finding DEL genotypes are more frequent and widespread.
Parasites & Vectors · Aug 11, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology