Leishmaniases remain a major public health problem today despite the vast amount of
research conducted on Leishmania pathogens. The biological model is genetically and …

Proteases can be categorized based on their substrate specificities or mechanisms of
catalysis. Enzymes cleaving within a polypeptide chain are named endopeptidases, and …

Several species of Leishmania cause human diseases that range from self-healing
cutaneous lesions to fatal visceral leishmaniasis, mucosal leishmaniasis and diffuse …

Leishmaniasis is a diverse group of clinical syndromes caused by protozoan parasites of the
genus Leishmania. The clinical manifestation of the disease varies from self-limiting …

Leishmania are protozoan parasites spread by a sandfly insect vector and causing a
spectrum of diseases collectively known as leishmaniasis. The disease is a significant …

Leishmaniasis is a significant worldwide health problem for which no vaccine exists.
Activation of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells is crucial for the generation of protective immunity …

Leishmania infantum is known to be associated with visceral leishmaniasis in Iran and
canids are natural reservoirs. Control of disease in dogs appears to be one of the most …

A review of current literature on mammalian hosts' sexual dimorphism (SD) in parasitic
infections revealed that (1) it is a scarcely and superficially studied biological phenomenon …

The protection elicited by the intramuscular injection of two plasmid DNAs encoding
Leishmania major cysteine proteinase type I (CPb) and type II (CPa) was evaluated in a …

Clonorchis sinensis, the Chinese liver fluke, is the causative agent of clonorchiasis as well
as liver and biliary diseases. The excretory‐secretory products (ESPs) of the parasites play …