MicrobiologyParasites & VectorsPeer-reviewed
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…·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.
DOI 10.1186/s13071-026-07571-2