Blood-sucking arthropods transmit a variety of human pathogens acting as disseminators of
the so-called vector-borne diseases. Leishmaniasis is a spectrum of diseases caused by …

The contribution of vector transmission to pathogen establishment is largely underrated. For
Leishmania, transmission by sand flies is critical to early survival involving an irreproducible …

This article presents an overview of paratransgenesis as a strategy to control pathogen
transmission by insect vectors. It first briefly summarises some of the disease-causing …

In mosquitoes, the interaction between the gut microbiota, the immune system, and the
pathogens that these insects transmit to humans and animals is regarded as a key …

The neglected tropical disease leishmaniasis is still a major public health problem that
affects millions of people worldwide. Related to poor-living conditions, this vector-borne …

Microbiome research has gained considerable interest due to the emerging evidence of its
impact on human and animal health. As in other animals, the gut-associated microbiota of …

Disease-transmitting vectors are living organisms that pass infectious agents from one
animal/human to another. The epidemiologically important vectors are usually …

Leishmania infantum chagasi is the primary etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis in
Latin America, a lethal disease that afflicts hundreds of thousands of people worldwide …

Since 1996, autochthonous cases of emerging leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania
(Mundinia) martiniquensis and Leishmania (Mundinia) orientalis have been more frequently …

Leishmaniasis is a neglected parasitic disease for which the current antileishmania
therapeutics are hampered by drug toxicity, high cost, need for parenteral administration …