Coinfection with Leishmania major and Staphylococcus aureus enhances the pathologic responses to both microbes through a pathway involving IL-17A.

Coinfection with Leishmania major and Staphylococcus aureus enhances the pathologic responses to both microbes through a pathway involving IL-17A.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic disease causing chronic, ulcerating skin lesions. Most humans infected with the causative Leishmania protozoa are asymptomatic. Leishmania spp. are usually introduced by sand flies into the dermis of mammalian hosts in the presence of bacteria from either...

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Main Authors: Tiffany Y Borbón, Breanna M Scorza, Gwendolyn M Clay, Fellipe Lima Nobre de Queiroz, Alan J Sariol, Jayden L Bowen, Yani Chen, Bayan Zhanbolat, Corey P Parlet, Diogo G Valadares, Suzanne L Cassel, William M Nauseef, Alexander R Horswill, Fayyaz S Sutterwala, Mary E Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-05-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007247

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007247

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