Modulation of the immune response and infection pattern to Leishmania donovani in visceral leishmaniasis due to arsenic exposure: An in vitro study.

Modulation of the immune response and infection pattern to Leishmania donovani in visceral leishmaniasis due to arsenic exposure: An in vitro study.

The arsenic contamination of ground water in visceral leishmaniasis (VL) endemic areas in Bihar, India leads to human exposure through drinking water. Possibly, the consumed arsenic (As) accumulates in the tissues of VL patients, who subsequently internalize intracellular amastigotes to confer resis...

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Main Authors: Ghufran Ahmed, Ajit K Thakur, Pushpanjali, Snehil, Sanjay K Chaturvedi, Pushkar Shivam, Fauzia Jamal, Manish K Singh, Sanjiva Bimal, Subhankar K Singh, Sunil K Choudhary, Pradeep Das, Shyam Narayan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210737

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210737

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