Effect of immunosuppressants on the parasite load developed in, and immune response to, visceral leishmaniasis: A comparative study in a mouse model

Lorena Bernardo; Jose Carlos Solana; Alba Romero-Kauss; Carmen Sánchez; Eugenia Carrillo; Javier Moreno

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009126

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Effect of immunosuppressants on the parasite load developed in, and immune response to, visceral leishmaniasis: A comparative study in a mouse model

Lorena Bernardo,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6899-4844

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Jose Carlos Solana ,

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

* E-mail: jc.solana@isciii.es

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0485-6127

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Alba Romero-Kauss,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-7035

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Carmen Sánchez,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain
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Eugenia Carrillo ,

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

¶‡ EC and JM are joint last authors.

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7869-7915

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Javier Moreno

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ EC and JM are joint last authors.

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0087-4659

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Effect of immunosuppressants on the parasite load developed in, and immune response to, visceral leishmaniasis: A comparative study in a mouse model

Lorena Bernardo,
Jose Carlos Solana,
Alba Romero-Kauss,
Carmen Sánchez,
Eugenia Carrillo,
Javier Moreno

Published: February 1, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009126

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