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Targeted immunology for prevention and cure of VL

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Title Targeted immunology for prevention and cure of VL
 
Creator Ali, Nahid
Nakhasi, Hira L.
Valenzuela, Jesus G
Reis, Alexandre Barbosa
 
Subject Infectious Diseases and Immunology
 
Description Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by a group of
protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. Clinical presentation
of leishmaniasis can range from cutaneous, mucocutaneous,
or visceral forms depending on the parasite species. Visceral leishmaniasis
(VL) caused by L. donovani and L. infantum is the severest
and one of the deadliest parasitic diseases of the tropics second
only to malaria (1). Nearly, 20,000–40,000 annual deaths are estimated
due to this disease (2). Except for the Indian subcontinent
andWest Africa, VL is frequent in dogs, which serve as the major
reservoir for zoonosis (3).
 
Date 2014
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/2145/1/FRONTIERS_IN_IMMUNOLOGY__5_Article_Number_660;2014.pdf
Ali, Nahid and Nakhasi, Hira L. and Valenzuela, Jesus G and Reis, Alexandre Barbosa (2014) Targeted immunology for prevention and cure of VL. Forntiers in Immunology, 5 (66o).
 
Relation http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00660
http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/2145/