Miltefosine enhances infectivity of a miltefosine-resistant Leishmania infantum strain by attenuating its innate immune recognition

• Dimitri Bulté,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), Wilrijk, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2783-4860

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• Lieselotte Van Bockstal,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), Wilrijk, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8882-8261

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• Laura Dirkx,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), Wilrijk, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1020-466X

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• Magali Van den Kerkhof,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Carl De Trez,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Immunology (CMIM), Brussels, Belgium

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• Jean-Pierre Timmermans,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Laboratory of Cell biology & Histology, Wilrijk, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2506-6252

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• Sarah Hendrickx,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Louis Maes,

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

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), Wilrijk, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2324-9509

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• Guy Caljon

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: guy.caljon@uantwerpen.be

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), Wilrijk, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4870-3202

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