Prevalence and Distribution of Leishmania RNA Virus 1 in Leishmania Parasites from French Guiana

Marine Ginouvès; Stéphane Simon; Eliane Bourreau; Vincent Lacoste; Catherine Ronet; Pierre Couppié; Mathieu Nacher; Magalie Demar; Ghislaine Prévot

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.15-0419

Prevalence and Distribution of Leishmania RNA Virus 1 in Leishmania Parasites from French Guiana

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Jan;94(1):102-6. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0419. Epub 2015 Nov 23.

Authors

Marine Ginouvès¹, Stéphane Simon², Eliane Bourreau², Vincent Lacoste², Catherine Ronet², Pierre Couppié², Mathieu Nacher², Magalie Demar², Ghislaine Prévot²

Affiliations

¹ Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale-EA 3593-Labex CEBA-Medicine Department, University of French Guiana, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire Associé-Centre National de Référence Leishmania, Laboratory of Parasitology and Mycology, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana; Immunology Laboratory of Leishmaniasis, Pasteur Institute of French Guiana, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratory of Virus-Host Interactions, Pasteur Institute of French Guiana, Cayenne, French Guiana; Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland; Guianan Institute of Tropical Dermatology, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana; Centre d'Investigation Clinique Epidémiologie Clinique Antilles Guyane, Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratory of Parasitology and Mycology, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana marine.ginouves@univ-guyane.fr.
² Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale-EA 3593-Labex CEBA-Medicine Department, University of French Guiana, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire Associé-Centre National de Référence Leishmania, Laboratory of Parasitology and Mycology, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana; Immunology Laboratory of Leishmaniasis, Pasteur Institute of French Guiana, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratory of Virus-Host Interactions, Pasteur Institute of French Guiana, Cayenne, French Guiana; Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland; Guianan Institute of Tropical Dermatology, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana; Centre d'Investigation Clinique Epidémiologie Clinique Antilles Guyane, Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratory of Parasitology and Mycology, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana.

Abstract

In South America, the presence of the Leishmania RNA virus type 1 (LRV1) was described in Leishmania guyanensis and Leishmania braziliensis strains. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence distribution of LRV1 in Leishmania isolates in French Guiana given that, in this French overseas department, most Leishmania infections are due to these parasite species. The presence of the virus was observed in 74% of Leishmania spp. isolates, with a highest presence in the internal areas of the country.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

French Guiana / epidemiology
Humans
Leishmania / classification
Leishmania / virology*
Leishmaniasis / epidemiology
Leishmaniasis / parasitology
RNA Viruses / genetics*
RNA, Viral / genetics*
RNA, Viral / isolation & purification*
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

RNA, Viral