Leishmania Parasite (IMAGE)

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Leishmania Parasite

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Leishmaniasis is endemic in 88 countries, with around 12 million people infected. False-color scanning electron micrograph.

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Dr. Laurence Tetley, University of Glasgow

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Image may be used only to accompany the media release on genomes of Leishmania parasites, June 17, 2007.

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