Leishmania aethiopica field isolates bearing an endosymbiontic dsRNA virus induce pro-inflammatory cytokine response.

Leishmania aethiopica field isolates bearing an endosymbiontic dsRNA virus induce pro-inflammatory cytokine response.

<h4>Background</h4>Infection with Leishmania parasites causes mainly cutaneous lesions at the site of the sand fly bite. Inflammatory metastatic forms have been reported with Leishmania species such as L. braziliensis, guyanensis and aethiopica. Little is known about the factors underlyi...

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Main Authors: Haroun Zangger, Asrat Hailu, Chantal Desponds, Lon-Fye Lye, Natalia S Akopyants, Deborah E Dobson, Catherine Ronet, Hashim Ghalib, Stephen M Beverley, Nicolas Fasel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-04-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0002836&type=printable

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