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Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023
Dispatch

Detection of Leishmania RNA Virus 1 in Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis Isolates, Panama

Kadir Gonzalez, Santiago S. De León, Vanessa Pineda, Franklyn Samudio, Zeuz Capitan-Barrios, José Antonio Suarez, Adriana Weeden, Betsi Ortiz, Margarita Rios, Brechla Moreno, Nathan D. Gundacker, Juan M. Pascale, Sandra López-Vergès, Néstor Sosa, Azael SaldañaComments to Author , and Leyda E. Ábrego
Author affiliations: Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama (K. González, S.S. De León, V. Pineda, F. Samudio, Z. Capitan-Barrios, J.A. Suárez, A. Weeden, B. Ortíz, M. Ríos, B. Moreno, J.M. Pascale, S. López-Vergès, N. Sosa, A. Saldaña, L.E. Ábrego); University of Panama, Panama City (K. Gonzalez, S.S. De León, Z. Capitan-Barrios, A. Saldaña, L.E. Ábrego); Medical College of Wisconsin—Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (N.D. Gundacker); University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (N. Sosa)

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Table

Epidemiologic description of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis isolates analyzed for LRV1, Panama, 2014–2018*

LRV1 status No. isolates, N = 56 Mean age, y (SD) Age range, y Sex, no. Duration of disease, d
 No. lesions
Mean (SD) Range Mean (SD) Range
Positive 11 34 (5.4) 8–59 4 M, 7 F 50 (9.6) 21–120 1 (0.2) 1–3
Negative 45 30 (3.1) 3–72 26 M, 19 F 67 (11) 15–365 1 (0.2) 1–6

*LRV1, Leishmania RNA virus 1.

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