Significantly Lower Anti-Leishmania IgG Responses in Sudanese versus Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a systemic disease with highest prevalence in South Asia, East Africa, and Brazil. VL is caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania donovani complex, transmitted to humans when an infected sandfly takes a bloodmeal. Within the human host, the parasites replicate w...

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Main Authors: Bhattacharyya, Tapan, Bowes, Duncan E., El-Safi, Sayda, Sundar, Shyam, Falconar, Andrew K., Singh, Om Prakash, Kumar, Rajiv, Ahmed, Osman, Boelaert, Marleen, Miles, Michael A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930516/