LMLN and infection: VF transcript expression did not differ by LRV1 status for all baseline pure Leishmania cultures (pre-macrophage infection) for gp63 (p = 0.20), cpb (p = 0.49), hsp23 (p = 0.34), hsp70 (p = 0.34), hsp100 (p = 0.34), and pooled (p = 0.34) analyses (Additional file 2: Figure S1).