New insights into experimental visceral leishmaniasis: Real-time in vivo imaging of Leishmania donovani virulence.

• Main Authors: Guilherme D Melo (Author), Sophie Goyard (Author), Hervé Lecoeur (Author), Eline Rouault (Author), Pascale Pescher (Author), Laurence Fiette (Author), Alexandre Boissonnas (Author), Paola Minoprio (Author), Thierry Lang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Visceral leishmaniasis is an insidious neglected disease with worldwide distribution. It is caused by parasites from the Leishmania donovani complex, which are able to be transmitted by different species of phlebotomine sand flies and to infect numerous mammal hosts. Despite the high number of peopl...