Coinfection with Leishmania major and Staphylococcus aureus enhances the pathologic responses to both microbes through a pathway involving IL-17A
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007247
Abstract: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic disease causing chronic, ulcerating skin lesions. Most humans infected with the causative Leishmania protozoa are asymptomatic. Leishmania spp. are usually introduced by sand flies into the dermis of mammalian… read more here.
Keywords: coinfection; leishmania major; aureus; major staphylococcus ... See more keywords
Endoplasmic Stress Affects the Coinfection of Leishmania Amazonensis and the Phlebovirus (Bunyaviridae) Icoaraci
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DOI: 10.3390/v14091948
Abstract: Viral coinfections can modulate the severity of parasitic diseases, such as human cutaneous leishmaniasis. Leishmania parasites infect thousands of people worldwide and cause from single cutaneous self-healing lesions to massive mucosal destructive lesions. The transmission… read more here.
Keywords: stress; leishmania; phlebovirus; coinfection leishmania ... See more keywords