Genetic Predisposition to Self‐Curing Infection with the ProtozoanLeishmania chagasi:A Genomewide Scan
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- 15 October 2007
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 196 (8) , 1261-1269
- https://doi.org/10.1086/521682
Abstract
The protozoan Leishmania chagasi can cause disseminated, fatal visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or asymptomatic infection in humans. We hypothesized thatKeywords
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