Accepted Manuscript Chronic lead (Pb) exposure results in diminished hemocyte count and increased susceptibility to bacterial infection in Drosophila melanogaster Kumari Pragati Nanda, Chandani Kumari, Madhavi Dubey, Hena Firdaus PII: S0045-6535(19)31568-1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124349 Article Number: 124349 Reference: CHEM 124349 To appear in: ECSN Received Date: 20 May 2019 Revised Date: 9 July 2019 Accepted Date: 10 July 2019 Please cite this article as: Nanda, K.P., Kumari, C., Dubey, M., Firdaus, H., Chronic lead (Pb) exposure results in diminished hemocyte count and increased susceptibility to bacterial infection in Drosophila melanogaster, Chemosphere (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124349. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.