Skin parasite landscape determines host infectiousness in visceral leishmaniasis

Parasitemia has been considered the main determinant of visceral leishmaniasis transmission. By combining imaging, qPCR and experimental xenodiagnoses with mathematical models, Doehl et al. argue that the patchy landscape of parasites in the skin is necessary to explain infectiousness.

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Main Authors: Johannes S. P. Doehl, Zoe Bright, Shoumit Dey, Helen Davies, John Magson, Najmeeyah Brown, Audrey Romano, Jane E. Dalton, Ana I. Pinto, Jon W. Pitchford, Paul M. Kaye
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3a887a193dae46a98016881baf0ef70e
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