Summary Background Miltefosine treatment failure in visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil has been associated with deletion of the miltefosine susceptibility locus (MSL) in Leishmania infantum. The MSL comprises four genes, 3′ -nucleotidase/nucleases (NUC1 and NUC2); helicase-like protein (HLP); and 3,2-trans-enoyl-CoA isomerase (TEI). Methods In this study CRISPR-Cas9 was used to either epitope tag or delete NUC1, ...
Funding This work was supported by the Department for International Development and Wellcome Trust [215091/Z/18/Z]; the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP1209135]. Country-specifc support was provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Coronavirus Rapid Research Funding Opportunity [OV2170359]; the Health Research Board Ireland [CTN Award 2014-012]; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) [...