Running title: Reservoirs of Leishmania donovani on Indian Subcontinent
Anurag Kumar Kushwaha1, Breanna M. Scorza2, Om Prakash Singh3, Edgar Rowton4, Phillip Lawyer5, Shyam Sundar1# , Christine A. Petersen2,6#
1Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.2Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. 3Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. 4Division of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.5Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. 6Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa, Coralville, Iowa, USA.