Katie Kurkjian, Aida J. Mahmutovic, Kathryn L. Kellar, Rashidul Haque et al.
BACKGROUND: The clinical spectrum of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a chronic intracellular parasitic disease, ranges from a subclinical, asymptomatic infection to severe clinical disease (kala-azar). In experimental leishmaniasis, mice that have a Th1 response to infection tend to have limited diseas...