Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease and remains a global concern for healthcare.
It is caused by an opportunistic protozoan parasite belonging to the genus Leishmania and …

Cutaneous leishmaniases have persisted for centuries as chronically disfiguring parasitic
infections affecting millions of people across the subtropics. Symptoms range from the more …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis has various outcomes, ranging from self-healing reddened
papules to extensive open ulcerations that metastasise to secondary sites and are often …

The intracellular protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania are the causative agents of
leishmaniasis, a vector-borne disease of major public health concern, estimated to affect 12 …

The lack of safe and cost-effective treatments against leishmaniasis highlights the urgent
need to develop improved leishmanicidal agents. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an …

Leishmaniasis is a diverse group of neglected diseases caused by protozoan parasite of
genus Leishmania and transmitted by the bite of a female phlebotomine sand fly. These …

Trypanosomatids are unicellular protozoans of medical and economical relevance since
they are the etiologic agents of infectious diseases in humans as well as livestock. Whereas …

Introduction: Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis are major tropical skin diseases.
Topical treatment is currently limited to the least severe forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis …

Abstract Backgound Species of the Leishmania Viannia (LV) subgenus harbor the double-
stranded Leishmania RNA virus 1 (LRV-1), previously identified in isolates from Brazil and …

We recently demonstrated that statins mediate protection against intracellular pathogens,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Listeria monocytogenes in mice. Here, we investigated the …