Diversity and Within-Host Evolution of Leishmania donovani from Visceral Leishmaniasis Patients with and without HIV Coinfection in Northern Ethiopia

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the second largest cause of deaths due to parasite infections and a growing problem in East Africa. In Ethiopia, it particularly associated with migrant workers moving from regions nonendemicity for seasonal agricultural work frequently found as coinfection HIV, which leads frequent VL relapse following treatment.