Author response: Evolutionary genomics of epidemic visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent

Full text Figures and data Side by side Abstract eLife digest Introduction Results Discussion Materials and methods Appendix 1 - SNP detection procedure using the COCALL algorithm Appendix 2 - Somy, CNV, indel and episome detection Data availability References Decision letter Author response Article and author information Metrics Abstract 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 in the persistence of this epidemic. Here we use whole genome sequences from 204 clinical isolates to track the evolution and epidemiology of L. donovani from the…