Genetic Analysis of Leishmania donovani Tropism Using a Naturally Attenuated Cutaneous Strain

• Wen Wei Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wen Wei Zhang, Gowthaman Ramasamy, Laura-Isobel McCall

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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• Gowthaman Ramasamy ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wen Wei Zhang, Gowthaman Ramasamy, Laura-Isobel McCall

  Affiliation Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Laura-Isobel McCall ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wen Wei Zhang, Gowthaman Ramasamy, Laura-Isobel McCall

  Current address: Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases and Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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• Andrew Haydock,

  Affiliation Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Shalindra Ranasinghe,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Sri Lanka

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• Priyanka Abeygunasekara,

  Affiliation Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

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• Ganga Sirimanna,

  Affiliation Dermatology Unit, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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• Renu Wickremasinghe,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Sri Lanka

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• Peter Myler ,

  * E-mail: peter.myler@seattlebiomed.org (PM); greg.matlashewski@mcgill.ca (GM)

  Affiliation Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Greg Matlashewski

  * E-mail: peter.myler@seattlebiomed.org (PM); greg.matlashewski@mcgill.ca (GM)

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Microbiome and Disease Tolerance Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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