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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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930516/ |