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 …

Leishmaniasis is a neglected vector-borne tropical infection considered to be a disease of
the poor. Concentrated in poverty-stricken countries within Southeast Asia, East Africa, and …

Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is the most fatal form of disease leishmaniasis. To date, there
are no effective prophylactic measures and therapeutics available against VL. Recently, new …

Advances in the understanding of leishmaniasis progression indicate that cellular
interactions more complex than the Th1/Th2 paradigm define the course of infection. Th17 …

Salmonella enterica (Se) bacteria cause persistent intracellular infections while stimulating a
robust interferon-γ-producing CD4+ T (Th1) cell response. We addressed this paradox of …

Oxidative stress is an important component of various diseases. It manifests as an
imbalance caused by an excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which are …

Leishmania (L.) amazonensis is the American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis-causing agents,
and the available drugs for this disease present toxicity, low efficiency and difficulty of …

The kinetoplastid protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Leishmania are the causative
agents of different clinical forms of leishmaniasis, a vector-borne infectious disease with …

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

Leishmania parasites infect macrophages causing a wide spectrum of human diseases
encompassing from cutaneous to visceral forms. The drugs currently used in leishmaniasis …