Canine leishmaniasis (CanL) is a vector‐borne disease caused by Leishmania infantum
and is transmitted by female phlebotomine sand flies primarily between animals and …

Leishmaniasis, caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania genus, represents an
important health problem in many regions of the world. Lack of effective point-of-care (POC) …

Latin America encompasses diverse geographical, cultural and socio-economic conditions,
which are reflected in the challenges for infectious disease control in the region. One of the …

Although serological assays have been widely used for the diagnosis of canine visceral
leishmaniasis (CVL), they present different performances depending on the clinical profile of …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a life-threatening outcome of Leishmania infantum or
Leishmania donovani infection. Dogs are the primary domestic reservoir of L. infantum …

The lack of accurate and feasible diagnostic tests poses a significant challenge to visceral
leishmaniasis (VL) healthcare services in endemic areas. To date, various VL diagnostic …

BACKGROUND Studies aimed at validating canine visceral leishmaniasis diagnostic tests
present heterogeneous results regarding test accuracy, partly due to divergences in …

Background: visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a critical public health problem in over ninety
countries. The control measures adopted in Brazil have been insufficient when it comes to …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected disease of public and animal health importance.
With the urbanization of the disease, there is evidence of a temporal correlation between the …

Although a national programme for control of visceral leishmaniosis (VL) is being run in
Brazil, the disease continues to spread. This programme is essentially based on culling …