Contributed by Guest Blogger: Joseph Zaino ‘11 Recent research has found a unique relationship between the intracellular parasite, Leishmania, and it’s corresponding Leishmania RNA virus-1 (LRV1). Ives et. al. concluded that Leishmania parasites, in the presences of LRV1, suppressed the host immune response and strengthened the pathogen’s persistence. Leishmania infects the human immune system by … Continue reading Virus and Parasite Unite