Lourdes A Delgado-Noguera LA, Carlos E Hernández-Pereira, Adriana C Castillo-Castañeda, Luz Helena Patiño, Sergio Castañeda, Giovanny Herrera, Euler Mogollón, Marina Muñoz, Alexander Duran, Doris Loyo, Mirna Pacheco, Luzmir Arena, Glenis Isquiel, Lisbeth Yepez, Beatriz Colmenarez, Mayeli Caviedes, Yamilet Mendez, Sandry Herrera, Juan David Ramírez, Alberto E Paniz-Mondolfi
Transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Venezuela reveals diverse and changing epidemiological landscapes, as well as a spectrum of clinical phenotypes presumed to be linked to a variety of Leishmania species. Central-western Venezuela constitutes one of the highest endemic epicenters in the country, yet updated molecular epidemiological information is still lacking. Therefore, in this study we aimed to characterize the landscape of circulating Leishmania species across central-western Venezuela through the last two decades, performed comparisons of haplotype and nucleotide diversity, and built a geospatial map of parasite species distribution...
March 18, 2023: Acta Tropica