Leishmaniasis remains a major neglected tropical disease in humans, driven by diverse Leishmania species transmitted by sand ...

Analyzing nearly 2,000 live specimens, researchers used a novel lab technique to rapidly identify the sand fly, detect ...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe infectious disease caused by a protozoan parasite: Leishmania donovani in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent and Leishmania infantum in Latin America and ...

Parasitic diseases pose an ongoing scientific and clinical challenge, especially when it comes to neglected pathogens such as Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania ...

Parasites belonging to Leishmania braziliensis, Leishmania donovani, Leishmania mexicana complexes and Trypanosoma cruzi (clones 20 and 39) were searched in blood, lesions and strains collected from ...

Complement-depleted and -non-depleted BALB/c mice were inoculated with Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis promastigotes into the hind footpad to study the role of the complement system in cutaneous ...

Inhibition of Leishmania infantum trypanothione disulfide reductase (LiTryR) by disruption of its homodimeric interface has proved to be an alternative and unexploited strategy in the search for novel ...

Given the elevated pathogenicity of LRV1-bearing Leishmania to the vertebrate host, viral acquisition could be viewed as beneficial for the parasite, if one equates pathogenicity with an increased ...

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Brown poop is normal and comes from a pigment called bilirubin. Green poop can happen from eating foods like spinach or from gastrointestinal infections or severe diarrhea. Black, tarry poop can mean ...