Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) such as malaria, dengue, and leishmaniasis exert a huge
burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly affecting the poorest of the poor …

Leishmaniasis, a chronic and persistent intracellular protozoal infection caused by many
different species within the genus Leishmania, is an unfamiliar disease to most North …

Protozoan parasites of the Leishmania donovani complex–L. donovani and L. infantum–
cause the fatal disease visceral leishmaniasis. We present the first comprehensive genome …

Abstract Rationale for Review We performed a systematic review of the literature to
investigate the efficacy and safety of pentamidine isethionate for the treatment of human …

Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the most important neglected tropical
diseases. Although VL was controlled in several regions of China during the last century, the …

Abstract Background Prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini, Schistosoma mekongi and soil-
transmitted helminths (STH) remains high in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) …

Abstract Sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) are the vectors of most
Leishmania species associated with leishmaniases in humans and animals. Rigorous …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected disease caused by trypanosomatid protozoa in
the genus Leishmania, which is transmitted by phlebotomine sandflies. Although this vector …

With global warming and socioeconomic developments, there is a tendency toward the
emergence and spread of mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (MT-ZVL) in China …

Significant progress has been made in the prevention, control, and elimination of human
parasitic diseases in China in the past 60 years. However, parasitic diseases of poverty …