The prevention of canine leishmaniasis and its impact on public health

D Otranto, F Dantas-Torres - Trends in parasitology, 2013 - cell.com
Canine leishmaniasis (CanL) caused by Leishmania infantum is a vector-borne disease of
great veterinary and medical significance. Prevention of CanL requires a combined …

Managing canine vector-borne diseases of zoonotic concern: part one

D Otranto, F Dantas-Torres, EB Breitschwerdt - Trends in parasitology, 2009 - cell.com
Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) comprise a group of globally distributed and rapidly
spreading illnesses that are caused by a range of pathogens transmitted by arthropods …

Canine leishmaniosis–new concepts and insights on an expanding zoonosis: part two

G Miro, L Cardoso, MG Pennisi, G Oliva, G Baneth - Trends in parasitology, 2008 - cell.com
Canine leishmaniosis is a widely spread zoonosis that is potentially fatal to humans and
dogs. Infection with Leishmania infantum is considerably more prevalent than clinical …

Systemic and compartmentalized immune response in canine visceral leishmaniasis

AB Reis, OA Martins-Filho, A Teixeira-Carvalho… - Veterinary immunology …, 2009 - Elsevier
Human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) are the most
important emerging diseases with high prevalence in Latin American countries and are …

Host–pathogen interaction in leishmaniasis: immune response and vaccination strategies

H Yasmin, A Adhikary, MN Al-Ahdal, S Roy, U Kishore - Immuno, 2022 - mdpi.com
Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic and vector-borne infectious disease that is caused by the genus
Leishmania belonging to the trypanosomatid family. The protozoan parasite has a digenetic …

Immunity to Leishmania and the rational search for vaccines against canine leishmaniasis

AB Reis, RC Giunchetti, E Carrillo, OA Martins-Filho… - Trends in …, 2010 - cell.com
The control of infection by Leishmania infantum (syn. Leishmania chagasi) in dogs is
essential to stop the current spread of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis. The past few years …

Sand Fly Salivary Proteins Induce Strong Cellular Immunity in a Natural Reservoir of Visceral Leishmaniasis with Adverse Consequences for Leishmania

N Collin, R Gomes, C Teixeira, L Cheng… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Immunity to a sand fly salivary protein protects against visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in
hamsters. This protection was associated with the development of cellular immunity in the …

[HTML][HTML] Development of Leishmania vaccines: predicting the future from past and present experience

JM Mutiso, JC Macharia, MN Kiio… - Journal of biomedical …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Leishmaniasis is a disease that ranges in severity from skin lesions to serious disfigurement
and fatal systemic infection. Resistance to infection is associated with a T-helper-1 immune …

Vaccines for canine leishmaniasis

CB Palatnik-de-Sousa - Frontiers in immunology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniasis is the third most important vector-borne disease worldwide. Visceral
leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe and frequently lethal protozoan disease of increasing …

Development of vaccines against visceral leishmaniasis

KJ Evans, L Kedzierski - Journal of tropical medicine, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Leishmaniasis is a neglected disease resulting in a global morbidity of 2,090 thousand
Disability‐Adjusted Life Years and a mortality rate of approximately 60,000 per year. Among …