Age-related alteration of arginase activity impacts on severity of leishmaniasis.

• Main Authors: Ingrid Müller (Author), Asrat Hailu (Author), Beak-San Choi (Author), Tamrat Abebe (Author), Jose M Fuentes (Author), Markus Munder (Author), Manuel Modolell (Author), Pascale Kropf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The leishmaniases are a group of vector-borne parasitic diseases that represent a major international public health problem; they belong to the most neglected tropical diseases and have one of the highest rates of morbidity and mortality. The clinical outcome of infection with Leishmania parasites d...