Leishmania tarentolae: a vaccine platform to target dendritic cells and a surrogate pathogen for next generation vaccine research in leishmaniases and viral …

C Bandi, JA Mendoza-Roldan, D Otranto, A Alvaro… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Parasites of the genus Leishmania are unusual unicellular microorganisms in that they are
characterized by the capability to subvert in their favor the immune response of mammalian …

Live attenuated-nonpathogenic Leishmania and DNA structures as promising vaccine platforms against leishmaniasis: innovations can make waves

N Seyed, T Taheri, S Rafati - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease caused by the protozoan parasite of Leishmania
genus and is a complex disease affecting mostly tropical regions of the world. Unfortunately …

Synthetic biology for combating leishmaniasis

S Khandibharad, S Singh - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by protozoan parasites of the
Leishmania genus. Despite the efforts to control and treat the disease, it still remains a major …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of the sand fly salivary proteins in vaccine development against leishmaniases

S Fayaz, F Bahrami, P Parvizi… - Iranian Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Leishmaniases are a group of vector-borne parasitic diseases transmitted through the
infected sand flies. Leishmania parasites are inoculated into the host skin along with sand fly …

Structural analysis of PpSP15 and PsSP9 sand fly salivary proteins designed with a self-cleavable linker as a live vaccine candidate against cutaneous leishmaniasis

MS Lajevardi, T Taheri, E Gholami, N Seyed… - Parasites & Vectors, 2022 - Springer
Background Leishmania parasites are deposited in the host through sand fly bites along
with sand fly saliva. Therefore, salivary proteins are promising vaccine candidates for …

Population structure analysis of Phlebotomus papatasi populations using transcriptome microsatellites: possible implications for leishmaniasis control and vaccine …

O Hamarsheh, S Guernaoui, M Karakus… - Parasites & …, 2024 - Springer
Background Phlebotomus papatasi is considered the primary vector of Leishmania major
parasites that cause zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) in the Middle East and North …

Worldwide Efforts for the Prevention of Visceral Leishmaniasis Using Vaccinations

A Selvapandiyan, N Puri, E Reyaz, MA Beg… - … and Solutions Against …, 2024 - Springer
The potentially fatal visceral leishmaniasis (VL) disease in human is endemic to tropical
world and caused by protozoan parasites Leishmania donovani (in the Indian subcontinent …

Development of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Trypanosoma cruzi Lineage-Specific Serology, Comparative Epidemiology and for Monitoring Efficacy of Chemotherapy

N Murphy - 2024 - researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk
Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan agent of Chagas disease, is split into six distinct genetic
lineages TcI–TcVI, each associated with ecoepidemiological features and transmission …

Development of a vaccine against leishmaniasis

D Topuz Ata - 2024 - stax.strath.ac.uk
Leishmania parasites, protozoan parasites transmitted by female sand flies, cause the
disease leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is responsible for 25,000–65,000 deaths and 0.7–1.0 …