The rapid increase in drug-resistant infections has presented a serious challenge to
antimicrobial therapies. The failure of the most potent antibiotics to kill “superbugs” …

Antimicrobial host defense peptides are produced by all complex organisms as well as
some microbes and have diverse and complex antimicrobial activities. Collectively these …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have received considerable interest as a source of new
antibiotics with the potential for treatment of multiple-drug resistant infections. An important …

The aim of the present study is to highlight the advantages of real-time quantitative PCR
intended to aid in the diagnosis and monitoring of canine leishmaniosis. Diagnosis of canine …

The emergence of infections caused by multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens pose a major
burden to modern healthcare. Exacerbating this issue is the substantial decline in …

Canine leishmaniasis (CanL) is a parasite-borne disease mainly induced by Leishmania
infantum in the Old World and Leishmania chagasi (infantum) in the New World. CanL is a …

A 125-member library of synthetic linear undecapeptides was prepared based on a
previously described peptide H-K1KLFKKILKF10L-NH2 (BP76) that inhibited in vitro growth …

Leishmaniasis is a disease that ranges in severity from skin lesions to serious disfigurement
and fatal systemic infection. WHO estimates that the disease results in 2 million new cases a …

Recent scientific research has shown the use of chlorin, phthalocyanines, and porphyrins
derivatives as photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy in the treatment of various …

Diseases caused by protozoan parasites can pose a severe thread to human health and are
behind some serious neglected tropical diseases like malaria and leishmaniasis. Though …