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. 2016 Aug 4;4(4):e00715-16.
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00715-16.

A Novel Bunyavirus-Like Virus of Trypanosomatid Protist Parasites

Natalia S Akopyants  1 , Lon-Fye Lye  1 , Deborah E Dobson  1 , Julius Lukeš  2 , Stephen M Beverley  3
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A Novel Bunyavirus-Like Virus of Trypanosomatid Protist Parasites

Natalia S Akopyants et al. Genome Announc. .

Abstract

We report here the sequences for all three segments of a novel RNA virus (LepmorLBV1) from the insect trypanosomatid parasite Leptomonas moramango This virus belongs to a newly discovered group of bunyavirus-like elements termed Leishbunyaviruses (LBV), the first discovered from protists related to arboviruses infecting humans.

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