| aa-tRNA | Aminoacyl transfer ribonucleic acid |
| ABC | ATP binding cassette |
| AmB | Amphotericin B |
| APX | Ascorbate Peroxidase |
| AQP1 | Aquaglyceroporin 1 |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| BCAT | Branched-chain amino acids |
| CDP | Cytidine-5’-diphosphate |
| CNV | Copy number variation |
| CTP | Cytidine-5’-triphosphate |
| CDPK1 | Calcium dependent protein kinase 1 |
| CL | Cutaneous Leishmaniasis |
| CRISPR-Cas9 | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats-Protein 9 |
| CYP51 | Sterol 14-demethylase |
| D-LDH | D-lactate dehydrogenase-like protein |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| FDA | Food and Drug administration |
| G6PDH | Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase |
| HAPT1 | High affinity pentamidine transporter |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| JAK-STAT | Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription |
| LMT | Miltefosine Transporter gene |
| MCL | Muco-Cutaneous Leishmaniasis |
| MDR1 | Multi-drug resistance 1 |
| MLT | Miltefosine |
| mRNA | Messenger ribonucleic acid |
| MRPA | Multidrug-resistance protein A |
| NADPH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| NTD | Neglected tropical disease |
| PC | Phosphatidylcholines |
| PE | Phosphatidylethanolamines |
| PL | Phospholipids |
| PMM | Paromomycin |
| PRP1 | Pentamidine resistance protein 1 |
| PTM | Pentamidine |
| PTUs | Polycistronic transcription units |
| PDR-1 | Pectin degradation regulator-1 |
| RBP | RNA Binding protein |
| RBPs | RNA-binding proteins |
| RNAP II | RNA polymerase II |
| RPP | Ribosomal protection protein |
| rRNA | Ribosomal ribonucleic acid |
| SbV | Pentavalent antimony |
| SC5D | Sterol C5 -desaturase |
| SMT | 24-sterol methyltransferase |
| SNPs | Single nucleotide polymorphisms |
| VL | Visceral Leishmaniasis |