We performed a systematic review of the literature published since 1900 about
leishmaniasis a neglected vector-borne disease, focused on environmental and social risk …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), one of the deadliest parasitic diseases in the world, causes
more than 50,000 human deaths each year and afflicts millions of people throughout South …

Background Quantifying the burden of parasitic diseases in relation to other diseases and
injuries requires reliable estimates of prevalence for each disease and an analytic …

Background Interest is growing in predictive risk mapping for neglected tropical diseases
(NTDs), particularly to scale up preventive chemotherapy, surveillance, and elimination …

The use of complex statistical models has recently increased substantially in the context of
species distribution behavior. This complexity has made the inferential and predictive …

INTRODUCTION Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected disease, with territorial
expansion and regional differences in Brazil that require explanation. This study aimed to …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important neglected disease caused by a protozoan
parasite, and represents a serious public health problem in many parts of the world. It is …

Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease caused by the protozoan Leishmania spp. mainly
affecting individuals of low socioeconomic status. In tropical regions the transmission risk to …

Background The initial endemicity (pre-control prevalence) of onchocerciasis has been
shown to be an important determinant of the feasibility of elimination by mass ivermectin …

Historically, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Italy was constrained to Mediterranean areas.
However, in the last 20 years, sand fly vectors and human cases of VL have been detected …