Meta-transcriptome Profiling of the Human-Leishmania braziliensis Cutaneous Lesion.

Host and parasite gene expression in skin biopsies from Leishmania braziliensis-infected patients were simultaneously analyzed using high throughput RNA-sequencing. Biopsies were taken from 8 patients with early cutaneous leishmaniasis and 17 patients with late cutaneous leishmaniasis. Although para...

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Main Authors: Stephen M Christensen, Laura A L Dillon, Lucas P Carvalho, Sara Passos, Fernanda O Novais, V Keith Hughitt, Daniel P Beiting, Edgar M Carvalho, Phillip Scott, Najib M El-Sayed, David M Mosser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-09-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5025153?pdf=render