Background The aim of this study is to describe the major evolutionary historical events
among Leishmania, sandflies, and the associated animal reservoirs in detail, in accordance …

Progress in the diagnosis of leishmaniases depends on the development of effective
methods and the discovery of suitable biomarkers. We propose firstly an update …

Leishmaniases remain a major public health problem today despite the vast amount of
research conducted on Leishmania pathogens. The biological model is genetically and …

Xenodiagnosis of Leishmania infection in hares (Lepus granatensis) from a focus of human
leishmaniasis in Fuenlabrada at southwestern Madrid region (Spain) proved that they are …

Leishmaniasis is a geographically widespread severe disease, with an increasing incidence
of two million cases per year and 350 million people from 88 countries at risk. The causative …

The 70kDa heat-shock protein (HSP70) is conserved across prokaryotes and eukaryotes,
and the protein as well as its encoding gene have been applied in phylogenetic studies of …

Leishmania infantum (syn. L. chagasi) is the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)
in the New World (NW) with endemic regions extending from southern USA to northern …

Xenodiagnosis has previously proved that hares (Lepus granatensis) from a focus of
leishmaniasis in the southwestern Madrid region (Spain) are infective to Phlebotomus …

Molecular approaches are being used increasingly for epidemiological studies of visceral
and cutaneous leishmaniases. Several molecular markers resolving genetic differences …

Since 2010, the number of cases of both human visceral leishmaniasis and cutaneous
leishmaniasis in southwestern Madrid region (Spain) and more specifically in the town of …