Periodic Reporting for period 1 - transLEISHion (A targeted knockout screen for identification of Leishmania membrane transporters required for infection of macrophages)

Leishmania parasites cause a disease in humans known as Leishmaniasis. Widespread in 98 countries, leishmaniasis constitutes a risk for 1 billion people worldwide with an incidence of over 1 million cases per year. Leishmaniasis clinical manifestations range from cutaneous...