Jenefer M. Blackwell, Michaela Fakiola, Muntaser E. Ibrahim, Sarra E. Jamieson et al.
Ninety per cent of the 500,000 annual new cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) occur in India/Bangladesh/Nepal, Sudan and Brazil. Importantly, 80-90% of human infections are sub-clinical or asymptomatic, usually associated with strong cell-mediated immunity. Understanding the environmental and genet...
T. N. Singh, Michaela Fakiola, Joyce Oommen, Jaya Chakravarty et al.
Background: Leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease, prevalent in developing countries with 90% of them in Asia (Bangladesh, India, and Nepal), Sudan, Ethiopia and Brazil. The technical challenges and the complexity in the immunity against the parasites clearly contribute to the absence of vacci...