The role of dermis resident macrophages and their interaction with neutrophils in the early establishment of Leishmania major infection transmitted by sand fly bite.

There is substantial experimental evidence to indicate that Leishmania infections that are transmitted naturally by the bites of infected sand flies differ in fundamental ways from those initiated by needle inocula. We have used flow cytometry and intravital microscopy (IVM) to reveal the heterogene...

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Main Authors: Mariana M Chaves, Sang Hun Lee, Olena Kamenyeva, Kashinath Ghosh, Nathan C Peters, David Sacks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-11-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008674