In-situ proliferation contributes to the accumulation of myeloid cells in the spleen during progressive experimental visceral leishmaniasis

• E. Yaneth Osorio ,

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

  * E-mail: ejosorio@utmb.edu

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8014-6330

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• Audrie A. Medina-Colorado,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4917-666X

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• Bruno L. Travi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases and Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Peter C. Melby

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases and Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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