Recent epidemiologic studies indicate that leishmaniasis in the Americas is far more
abundant and of greater public health importance than was previously recognized. The …

Leishmaniases are zoonotic vector-borne diseases caused by protozoan parasites of the
genus Leishmania that affect millions of people around the globe. There are various clinical …

Leishmaniasis diagnosis in regions where multiple species exist should identify each
species directly in the clinical sample without parasite culturing. The sensitivity of two PCR …

We studied and compared the prevalence of Leishmania infection and the seroprevalence
and the prevalence of canine leishmaniasis in an area where canine leishmaniasis is …

The objectives of this study were to compare the sensitivities and reliabilities of different
PCR methods for the diagnosis and epidemiological study of canine visceral leishmaniasis …

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 sequence of the most variable part of the small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA)
gene, comprising 800 bases, was analysed for 9 Leishmania taxa and compared with those …

Visceral leishmaniosis (VL) due to Leishmania infantum (L. chagasi) is a lethal disease if
untreated, but asymptomatic L. infantum infections have been reported previously. A better …

ABSTRACT A nested PCR was developed to amplify the variable region of the kinetoplast
minicircles of all Leishmania species which infect mammals. Each Leishmania parasite …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the role of the immune response to Leishmania,
with particular reference to the cutaneous disease caused by L. major. Leishmaniasis is …