Evolutionary genomics of epidemic visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent
Leishmania donovani causes visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the second most deadly vector-borne parasitic disease. A recent epidemic in the Indian subcontinent (ISC) caused up to 80% of global VL and over 30,000 deaths per year. Resistance against antimonial drugs has probably been a contributing factor...
Main Authors: | Hideo Imamura, Tim Downing, Frederik Van den Broeck, Mandy J Sanders, Suman Rijal, Shyam Sundar, An Mannaert, Manu Vanaerschot, Maya Berg, Géraldine De Muylder, Franck Dumetz, Bart Cuypers, Ilse Maes, Malgorzata Domagalska, Saskia Decuypere, Keshav Rai, Surendra Uranw, Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Basudha Khanal, Vijay Kumar Prajapati, Smriti Sharma, Olivia Stark, Gabriele Schönian, Harry P De Koning, Luca Settimo, Benoit Vanhollebeke, Syamal Roy, Bart Ostyn, Marleen Boelaert, Louis Maes, Matthew Berriman, Jean-Claude Dujardin, James A Cotton |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2016-03-01
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/12613 |
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