PROTOZOONLARIN VİRAL ENDOSİMBİYONTLARI

Year 2023, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, 25 - 35, 06.05.2023

Ayşegül Damlapınar , Kader Yıldız

https://doi.org/10.38137/vftd.1256030

Abstract

Bazı parazitik protozoonlarda viral endosimbiyontlar ve virüs benzeri partiküller keşfedilmiştir. Bunların protozoonlara etkisi ve konaktaki şekillenen enfeksiyondaki rolü dikkati çekmektedir. Viral endosimbiyontların protozoonların konakta oluşturduğu patojeniteye katkısına dair bazı veriler mevcuttur. Bu derlemede; protozoonlarda bulunan viral endosimbiyontlar hakkında bilgi vermek amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

Leishmaniavirüs, Giardiavirüs, Cryptosporidium parvum virüs, Protozoal virüsler, Viral endosimbiyontlar

VIRAL ENDOSYMBIONTS OF PROTOZOA

Abstract

Viral endosymbionts and virus-like particles have been detected in some parasitic protozoans. The effect of them on protozoa and their role in the infection in the host is remarkable. There are some data on the contribution of viral endosymbionts to the pathogenicity of protozoa in the host. It is aimed to give information about viral endosymbionts in protozoa in the review.

Keywords

ryptosporidium parvum virus, Giardia virus, Leishmania virus, Viral endosimbiyonts, Viruses of protozoan

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