A novel Leishmania infantum reference strain for gene editing and the study of visceral leishmaniasis
Rokhaya Thiam, María Ceballos, Tom Beneke, Nada Kuk, Grégoire Pasquier, Lucien Crobu, Daniel Charlton Jeffares, Baptiste Vergnes, Bridlin Barckmann, Yvon Sterkers
The paper identifies a Leishmania infantum strain suitable for genetic studies and provides its genome sequence and CRISPR-Cas9 tools for visceral leishmaniasis research.
PLoS ONE · Sep 3, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology