[HTML][HTML] Microbial Matryoshka: Addressing the Relationship between Pathogenic Flagellated Protozoans and Their RNA Viral Endosymbionts (Family Totiviridae)

A Ibañez-Escribano, MT Gomez-Muñoz, M Mateo… - Veterinary …, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Giardiosis, trichomonosis, leishmaniosis, and trypanosomosis are parasitic
diseases caused by flagellated protozoa that have a major global health impact, and their …

Air disinfection performance of upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UR-UVGI) system in a multi-compartment dental clinic

G Yao, Z Liu, H Liu, C Jiang, Y Li, J Liu, J He - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Multi-compartment dental clinics present significant airborne cross-infection risks. Upper-
room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UR-UVGI) system have shown promise in preventing …

Evolutionary genomics of Leishmania braziliensis across the neotropical realm

S Heeren, M Sanders, JJ Shaw… - Communications …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The Neotropical realm, one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth, houses a broad range
of zoonoses that pose serious public health threats. Protozoan parasites of the Leishmania …

A novel strain of Leishmania braziliensis harbors not a toti- but a bunyavirus

AY Kostygov, D Grybchuk, S Heeren… - PLoS neglected …, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
Leishmania is a genus of the family Trypanosomatidae that unites obligatory parasitic
flagellates causing a variety of vector-borne diseases collectively called leishmaniasis. The …

A virus associated with the zoonotic pathogen Plasmodium knowlesi causing human malaria is a member of a diverse and unclassified viral taxon

ME Petrone, J Charon, MJ Grigg, T William… - Virus …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
The Apicomplexa are a phylum of single-celled eukaryotes that can infect humans and
include the mosquito-borne parasite Plasmodium, the cause of malaria. Viruses that infect …

Mucosal leishmaniasis is associated with the Leishmania RNA virus and inappropriate cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment

FA Pazmiño, M Parra-Muñoz, CH Saavedra… - PloS one, 2025‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) is a severe clinical form of leishmaniasis that is
characterized by the destruction of the nasal and/or the oral mucosae and appears as a late …

A parasite odyssey: An RNA virus concealed in Toxoplasma gondii

P Gupta, A Hiller, J Chowdhury, D Lim, DY Lim… - Virus …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
We are entering a 'Platinum Age of Virus Discovery', an era marked by exponential growth in
the discovery of virus biodiversity, and driven by advances in metagenomics and …

Evolutionary genomics of a zoonotic parasite across the Neotropical Realm

S Heeren, M Sanders, JJ Shaw, SP Brandão-Filho… - bioRxiv, 2024‏ - biorxiv.org
The Neotropical realm, one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth, houses a broad range
of zoonoses that pose serious public health threats. Protozoan parasites of the Leishmania …

Prevalence and Diversity of Haemosporidian-Associated Matryoshka RNA Viruses in a Natural Population of Wild Birds

CW Esperanza, CE Faircloth, SW Roy, RNM Sehgal - bioRxiv, 2024‏ - biorxiv.org
Matryoshka RNA viruses (MaRNAV) have previously been detected using bioinformatics
and limited PCR approaches. They are associated with haemosporidian parasite infections …

Proteomics of Leishmania Parasites

EM Costa, RF Arruda, P Cuervo - Recent Advances in Parasitomics …, 2025‏ - Springer
Leishmania parasites are etiological agents of a wide spectrum of diseases in humans,
denominated leishmaniasis. Clinical forms of these diseases range from self-healing …