Table 1. List of primers.

Primer	Sequence 5’→3’	References
GAPDH Forward Primer	5’-CATggCCTTCCgTgTTCCTA-3’	[48]
GAPDH Reverse Primer	5’-CCTgCTTCACCACCTTCTTgAT-3’	[48]
Kinetoplast Forward Primer	5’-CCTATTTTACACCAACCCCCAGT-3’	[49]
Kinetoplast Reverse Primer	5’- GGGTAGGGGCGTTCTGCGAAA -3’	[49]
i-NOS Forward primer	5′-GGGAGCCAGAGCAGTACAAG-3′	[43]
i-NOS Reverse primer	5′-GGCTGGACTTCTCACTCTGC-3′	[43]
Leishmania L5.8S Forward	5’-TGATACCACTTATCGCACTT-3’	[49]
Leishmania Internal Transcribed spacer (LITS)-Reverse	5’-CTGGATCATTTTCCGATG-3’	[49]