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 …

Macromolecular Toll-like receptor (TLR) agents have been utilized as agonists and
inhibitors in preclinical and clinical settings. These agents interface with the TLR class of …

The protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani, residing and replicating within the cells of the
monocyte-macrophage (mono-mac) lineage, causes visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in humans …

Leishmaniases are a group of vector-borne parasitic diseases transmitted through the
infected sand flies. Leishmania parasites are inoculated into the host skin along with sand fly …

Leishmaniasis is amongst one of the most neglected tropical disease, caused by an
intracellular protozoan of genus Leishmania. Currently, the most promising strategy to …

Transcriptome analysis of the salivary gland cDNA library from a phlebotomine sand fly,
Lutzomyia ayacuchensis, identified a transcript coding for the PpSP15/SL1 family protein as …

Sand flies are hematophagous insects responsible for the transmission of vector-borne
diseases to humans. Prominent among these diseases is Leishmaniasis that affects the skin …

Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the most severe form of all leishmanial infections
and is caused by infection with protozoa of Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum …

Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus
Leishmania, affecting millions of people worldwide. The disease is transmitted by the bite of …

The genus Leishmania (Trypanosomatida: Trypanosomatidae) currently comprises just over
50 species, of which about 20 cause several syndromes in humans, collectively known as …