Dogs and cats in Brazil serve as primary hosts for a considerable number of parasites, which
may affect their health and wellbeing. These may include endoparasites (eg, protozoa …

Leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum (syn. L. chagasi) infection is a zoonotic disease
present mainly in Mediterranean basin, central Asia and Brazil. Besides a limited number of …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonosis found worldwide. Its incidence has increased in
Brazil in recent years, representing a serious public and animal health problem. The …

The outcomes of Leishmania infection are determined by host immune and nutrition status,
parasite species, and co-infection with other pathogens. While subclinical infection and self …

The Trypanosomatidae family includes the genera Trypanosoma and Leishmania,
protozoan parasites displaying complex digenetic life cycles requiring a vertebrate host and …

Background Leishmaniasis is a highly prevalent neglected tropical disease. It mainly
presents as two forms: cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis, the latter being the most …

American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is a parasitic protozoan disease caused by
different Leishmania species widely distributed throughout Latin America. Fifteen …

Dogs are the principal reservoir hosts of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (VL) but current
serological methods are not sensitive enough to detect all subclinically infected animals …

In a murine model of moderate childhood malnutrition we found that polynutrient deficiency
led to a 4–5-fold increase in early visceralization of L. donovani (3 days post-infection) …

American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL)(also known as cutaneous leishmaniasis [CL]) is
caused by various species of protozoa of the genus Leishmania. The diagnosis is achieved …