TY - GEN AU - Carrillo, Eugenia AU - Jiménez, María Angeles AU - Sanchez Herrero, Carmen AU - Cunha, Joana AU - Martins, Camila Marinelli AU - da Paixão Sevá, Anaiá AU - Moreno, Javier PY - 2014 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0089412 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/8728 AB - Leishmaniasis remains one of the world's most devastating neglected tropical diseases. It mainly affects developing countries, where it often co-exists with chronic malnutrition, one of the main risk factors for developing the disease. Few studies... LA - eng PB - Public Library of Science (PLOS) KW - Animals KW - Chronic Disease KW - Cricetinae KW - Diet, Protein-Restricted KW - Leishmania infantum KW - Leishmaniasis, Visceral KW - Leukocytes KW - Lymphoproliferative Disorders KW - Male KW - Malnutrition KW - Mesocricetus KW - Neglected Diseases KW - Proteins TI - Protein malnutrition impairs the immune response and influences the severity of infection in a hamster model of chronic visceral leishmaniasis TY - research article ER -