Evolutionary genomics of epidemic visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent

Evolutionary genomics of epidemic visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent

Leishmania donovani causes visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the second most deadly vector-borne parasitic disease. A recent epidemic in the Indian subcontinent (ISC) caused up to 80% of global VL and over 30,000 deaths per year. Resistance against antimonial drugs has probably been a contributing factor...

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Main Authors: Imamura, Hideo, Downing, Tim, Van den Broeck, Frederik, Sanders, Mandy J, Rijal, Suman, Sundar, Shyam, Mannaert, An, Vanaerschot, Manu, Berg, Maya, De Muylder, Géraldine, Dumetz, Franck, Cuypers, Bart, Maes, Ilse, Domagalska, Malgorzata, Decuypere, Saskia, Rai, Keshav, Uranw, Surendra, Bhattarai, Narayan Raj, Khanal, Basudha, Prajapati, Vijay Kumar, Sharma, Smriti, Stark, Olivia, Schönian, Gabriele, De Koning, Harry P, Settimo, Luca, Vanhollebeke, Benoit, Roy, Syamal, Ostyn, Bart, Boelaert, Marleen, Maes, Louis, Berriman, Matthew, Dujardin, Jean-Claude, Cotton, James A
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4811772/

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