Identification of molecular mechanisms causing skin lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis using weighted gene coexpression network analysis (WGCNA)

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Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease, caused by a protozoan parasite. Its most common form is cutaneous leishmaniasis, which leaves scars on exposed body parts from bites by infected female phlebotomine sandflies. Approximately 50% of cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis fail to respond to standard treatments, creating slow-healing wounds which cause permanent scars on the skin. We performed a joint bioinformatics...

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