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ArticleCommunications biology2021

Preclinical validation of a live attenuated dermotropic Leishmania vaccine against vector transmitted fatal visceral leishmaniasis.

Subir Karmakar, Nevien Ismail, Fabiano Oliveira, James Oristian, Wen Wei Zhang, Swarnendu Kaviraj, Kamaleshwar P Singh, Abhishek Mondal, Sushmita Das, Krishna Pandey and 18 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Subir KarmakarDivision of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Nevien IsmailDivision of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Fabiano OliveiraVector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7924-8038
James OristianVector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, MD, USA.
Wen Wei ZhangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1996-876X
Swarnendu KavirajGennova Biopharmaceuticals, Hinjawadi Phase II, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Kamaleshwar P SinghGennova Biopharmaceuticals, Hinjawadi Phase II, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Abhishek MondalRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.
Sushmita DasRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.
Krishna PandeyRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.
Parna BhattacharyaDivision of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Greta VolpedoDepartment of Pathology and Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Sreenivas GannavaramDivision of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6557-8220
Monika SatoskarDivision of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Sanika SatoskarDivision of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Rajiv M SastryDivision of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Timur OljuskinDivision of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5494-2237
Telly SepahpourDivision of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Claudio MenesesVector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, MD, USA.
Shinjiro HamanoDepartment of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
Pradeep DasRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.
Greg MatlashewskiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. greg.matlashewski@mcgill.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-8971-5525
Sanjay SinghGennova Biopharmaceuticals, Hinjawadi Phase II, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Sanjay.Singh@gennova.co.in.
Shaden KamhawiVector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, MD, USA. skamhawi@niaid.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0003-4304-636X
Ranadhir DeyDivision of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA. Ranadhir.Dey@fda.hhs.gov.ORCID 0000-0003-0069-7867
Jesus G ValenzuelaVector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, MD, USA. jvalenzuela@niaid.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-5589-9450
Abhay SatoskarDepartment of Pathology and Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. Abhay.Satoskar@osumc.edu.
Hira L NakhasiDivision of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA. Hira.Nakhasi@fda.hhs.gov.ORCID 0000-0003-4941-1620
Vector (United States) · USRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences · INCenter for Biologics Evaluation and Research · USThe Ohio State University · USBiotech Park · INMcGill Genome Centre · CAMcGill University · CANagasaki University · JP

Funding

Molecular approaches to understand vector-host and vector-pathogen interactionsZIAAI000932 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI VALENZUELA, JESUS · 2009 to 2025
$23.1M
CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), a potentially fatal disease is caused by Leishmania donovani parasites with no vaccine available. Here we produced a dermotropic live attenuated centrin gene deleted Leishmania major (LmCen

Indexed as

Gene DeletionGenes, ProtozoanLeishmania donovaniLeishmaniasis VaccinesLeishmaniasis, VisceralProtozoan ProteinsVaccines, AttenuatedLeishmaniasis VaccinesProtozoan ProteinsVaccines, Attenuated

Identifiers

PMID34330999
PMCPMC8324786
OpenAlexW3185714596

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