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Trans-Atlantic Spill Over: Deconstructing the Ecological Adaptation of Leishmania infantum in the Americas.
Genes - 19 Dec 2019
Boité Mariana C, Späth Gerald F, Bussotti Giovanni, Porrozzi Renato, Morgado Fernanda N, Llewellyn Martin, Schwabl Philipp, Cupolillo Elisa
Abstract excerpt
Pathogen fitness landscapes change when transmission cycles establish in non-native environments or spill over into new vectors and hosts. The introduction of Leishmania infantum in the Americas into the Neotropics during European colonization represents a unique case study to investigate the mechanisms of ecological adaptation of this important parasite. Defining the evolutionary trajectories that drive L....
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