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Emerg Infect Dis
; 29(5): 1076-1078, 2023 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37081624
ABSTRACT
We discovered a hybrid Leishmania parasite in Costa Rica that is genetically similar to hybrids from Panama. Genome analyses demonstrated the hybrid is triploid and identified L. braziliensis and L. guyanensis-related strains as parents. Our findings highlight the existence of poorly sampled Leishmania (Viannia) variants infectious to humans.