Leishmaniasis parasites evade death by exploiting the immune response to sand fly bites
Cutaneous leishmaniasis, a disease characterized by painful skin ulcers, occurs when the parasite Leishmania major, or a related species, is transmitted to a mammalian host by the bite of an infected sand fly. In a new study from NIAID, scientists have discovered L. major does its damage by not only evading but also by exploiting the body’s wound-healing response to sand fly bites, as reported in the Aug. 15 issue of Science.
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