Periodic Reporting for period 1 - RECREPEMLE (Recombination-derived replication in the eukaryotic microbe Leishmania: a genome-wide process?)

Currently, more than 1 billion people are living in endemic areas at risk of infection with Leishmania, the agent of leishmaniases, with more than 20,000 deaths every year (https://www.who.int/leishmaniasis/en/). Effective treatment of the 300 thousand new leishmaniasis cases...