2022
DOI: 10.1101/2022.06.03.494645
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Localized Leishmania major infection causes systemic iron deficiency that can be controlled by oral iron supplementation

Abstract: Leishmania major (L. major) and its related parasitic species infection causes human cutaneous leishmaniasis that results into disfiguring skin lesion. Although L. major infection has been found to alter macrophage iron homeostasis we have limited understanding on whether it can also manipulate the same at systemic level. In fact, localized L. major infection found to promote iron deficiency anemia in children by an unknown mechanism. To address these unresolved issues, Balb/c mouse were infected with L. major… Show more

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