Science & ResearchJul 21, 2026
Co-infection with Leptomonas seymouri enhances macrophage survival and promotes intracellular parasite persistence during Leishmania donovani infection
BackgroundLeishmania donovani (LD) is an obligate intracellular parasite that survives and replicates within macrophages.
BackgroundLeishmania donovani (LD) is an obligate intracellular parasite that survives and replicates within macrophages. Leptomonas seymouri (LS), a traditionally monoxenous trypanosomatid, has been repeatedly co-isolated with LD from kala-azar cases in India, often together…
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