Samantha Valadas

Tracking the spread of a naturally occurring Leishmania (L.) infantum mutant: a qPCR-based investigation in strains and clinical samples

Background The co-circulation of Leishmania ( Leishmania ) infantum strains carrying a naturally occurring 12 kb genomic deletion (DEL) and the wild-type (NonDEL) parasites in the Americas raises important challenges for epidemiological surveillance, molecular diagnostics, and th...