Th1-biased immunomodulation and therapeutic potential of Artemisia annua in murine visceral leishmaniasis.

BACKGROUND:In the absence of vaccines and limitations of currently available chemotherapy, development of safe and efficacious drugs is urgently needed for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) that is fatal, if left untreated. Earlier we reported in vitro apoptotic antileishmanial activity of n-hexane fracti...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Islamuddin, Garima Chouhan, Abdullah Farooque, Bilikere S Dwarakanath, Dinkar Sahal, Farhat Afrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4287499?pdf=render