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In recent years multiple omics-based approaches have assisted researchers to gain a more global picture of this interaction in leishmaniasis. Here we review results from studies using three omics-based approaches to study VL caused by <jats:italic>L. donovani<\/jats:italic> in India: (i) chip-based analysis of single nucleotide variants in the first genome-wide association study of host genetic risk factors for VL, followed by analysis of epitope binding to HLA DRB1 risk versus protective alleles; (ii) transcriptional profiling demonstrating pathways important in Amphotericin B treated compared to active VL cases, including demonstration that anti-interleukin-10 unleashes a storm of chemokines and cytokines in whole blood responses to soluble leishmania antigen in active cases; and (iii) a meta-taxonomic approach based on sequencing amplicons derived from regions of 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) and 18S rRNA genes that allowed us to determine composition of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic gut microflora in VL cases compared to endemic controls. 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