Abstract
New Leishmania isolates form a novel group of human parasites related to Leishmania enrietti, with cases in Ghana, Thailand, and Martinique; other relatives infect Australian and South American wildlife. These parasites apparently cause both cutaneous and visceral disease, and may have evolved a novel transmission mechanism exploiting blood-feeding midges.
Type
Publication
In Trends Parasitol 33:341–344
James Cotton
Professor
My research interests are in the genomics, and particularly population genomics of parasites, particularly those that cause neglected tropical diseases