A chronic bioluminescent model of experimental visceral leishmaniasis for accelerating drug discovery.

BACKGROUND:Visceral leishmaniasis is a neglected parasitic disease with no vaccine available and its pharmacological treatment is reduced to a limited number of unsafe drugs. The scarce readiness of new antileishmanial drugs is even more alarming when relapses appear or the occurrence of hard-to-tre...

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Main Authors: Raquel Álvarez-Velilla, Maria Del Camino Gutiérrez-Corbo, Carmen Punzón, Maria Yolanda Pérez-Pertejo, Rafael Balaña-Fouce, Manuel Fresno, Rosa María Reguera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6392311?pdf=render

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