Lymphocytes influence Leishmania major pathogenesis in a strain-dependent manner

• Md. Abu Musa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Doctoral Leadership Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, The Joint Usage/Research Center on Tropical Disease, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0662-0078

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• Risa Nakamura,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations Doctoral Leadership Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, The Joint Usage/Research Center on Tropical Disease, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Asma Hena,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, The Joint Usage/Research Center on Tropical Disease, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Sanjay Varikuti,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Hira L. Nakhasi,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Yasuyuki Goto,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Abhay R. Satoskar,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Shinjiro Hamano

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shinjiro@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Doctoral Leadership Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, The Joint Usage/Research Center on Tropical Disease, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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