Exploring Host-Specificity: Untangling the Relationship between () Species and Its Endosymbiont 1.

A relevant aspect in the epidemiology of Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (TL) are the parasites carrying a viral endosymbiont, 1 (LRV1), a dsRNA virus. parasites carrying LRV1 are prone to causing more severe TL symptoms, increasing the likelihood of unfavorable clinical outcomes. LRV1 has been observed in the cultured strains of five () species, and host specificity was suggested when studying the LRV1 from and strains.