GENERAL COMMENTARY article

Front. Microbiol., 24 September 2015

Sec. Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy

Volume 6 - 2015 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01015

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Corrigendum: Leishmanicidal activities of Artemisia annua leaf essential oil against Visceral Leishmaniasis

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  1. Leishmanicidal activities of Artemisia annua leaf essential oil against Visceral Leishmaniasis

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Mohammad IslamuddinMohammad Islamuddin1Garima ChouhanGarima Chouhan1Muzamil Y. WantMuzamil Y. Want1Maujiram TyagiMaujiram Tyagi2Malik Z. AbdinMalik Z. Abdin2Dinkar SahalDinkar Sahal3Farhat Afrin*Farhat Afrin4*
  • 1Parasite Immunology Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, India
  • 2Department of Biotechnology, Centre for Transgenic Plant Development, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, India
  • 3Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
  • 4Department of Medical Laboratories Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia

A corrigendum on
Leishmanicidal activities of Artemisia annua leaf essential oil against Visceral Leishmaniasis

by Islamuddin, M., Chouhan, G., Tyagi, M., Abdin, M. Z., Sahal, D., and Afrin, F. (2014). Front. Microbiol. 5:626. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00626

The author Muzamil Y. Want was inadvertently missed in the original manuscript and we wish to add his name for contribution to ex vivo experiments.

Author Contributions

MI, FA conceived and designed the experiments. MI, FA, GC performed the experiments. MW assisted in ex vivo experiments while MT, DS, and MA assisted in extraction of oil. FA, MI analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript.

The affiliation/correspondence address of the Corresponding author had a minor error, which we hereby rectify. It was incorrectly written as:

Department of Medical Laboratories Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Taibah University, PO Box 344, Universities Road, Medina 30001, Saudi Arabia

The correct version is:

Department of Medical Laboratories Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, PO Box 344, Universities Road, Medina 30001, Saudi Arabia

Conflict of Interest Statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Keywords: leishmaniasis, visceral, essential oil, Artemisia annua, leishmanicidal, apoptosis, therapeutic efficacy

Citation: Islamuddin M, Chouhan G, Want MY, Tyagi M, Abdin MZ, Sahal D and Afrin F (2015) Corrigendum: Leishmanicidal activities of Artemisia annua leaf essential oil against Visceral Leishmaniasis. Front. Microbiol. 6:1015. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01015

Received: 30 August 2015; Accepted: 07 September 2015;
Published: 24 September 2015.

Edited and reviewed by: Luis Cláudio Nascimento Da Silva, University of Copenhague, Denmark

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*Correspondence: Farhat Afrin,YWZyaW5fZmFyaGF0QHlhaG9vLmNvLmlu;ZmFyaGF0YWZyaW5AZ21haWwuY29t

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