Filling the gaps in Leishmania naiffi and Leishmania guyanensis genome plasticity

Luz H. Patiño, Marina Muñoz, Paula Pavia, Carlos Muskus, Maryia Shaban, Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi, Juan David Ramírez

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Abstract

Insufficient and irregular data reports on Leishmaniasis, issuing from the developing world, have left much to be desired in terms of understanding the molecular signatures producing distinct infectious phenotypes of the disease. Herein, we report on the complete genome sequencing of Leishmania naiffi and Leishmania guyanensis, sampled from patients in regions of Colombia and Venezuela. In this study, the isolates of cutaneous lesions from both species presented limited structural variation at the chromosomal level, low gene copy number variation, and high genetic heterogeneity. We compared these sequences to the reference genomes hitherto related from Brazil and French Guyana. Although of the same species, we note a consequential genomic disparity between the Venezuelan and French Guyanese isolates of L. guyanensis. Although less significant on the global schema of cutaneous and mucosal disease, such genomic studies of L. naiffi and L. guyanensis substantiate the gaps in understanding of the molecular architecture and multivariate clinical pictures of Leishmaniasis, on an international scale.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberjkab377
JournalG3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 13 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Genetics(clinical)

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