New insight in the fight against the Leishmania parasite
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 12:07
in Health & Medicine
Laval, October 23, 2009 -- Professor Albert Descoteaux's team at Centre INRS -- Institut Armand-Frappier has gained a better understanding of how the Leishmania donovani parasite manages to outsmart the human immune system and proliferate with impunity, causing visceral leishmaniasis, a chronic infection that is potentially fatal if left untreated.