Metal ions play important roles in biological processes, 1 and the field of knowledge
concerned with the application of inorganic chemistry to therapy or diagnosis of disease is …

Leishmaniasis is a tropical disease caused by an intracellular parasite of the genus
Leishmania. The vector of transmission is the sandfly, which deposits one of the 20 disease …

It is important to realize that leishmaniasis guidelines cannot always account for individual
variation among patients. They are not intended to supplant physician judgment with respect …

Research in visceral leishmaniasis in the last decade has been focused on how better to
use the existing medicines as monotherapy or in combination. Systematic research by …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in the tropics and neotropics. It is often referred to as a
group of diseases because of the varied spectrum of clinical manifestations, which range …

Cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis are amongst the most devastating infectious diseases
of our time, affecting millions of people worldwide. The treatment of these serious diseases …

To date, most Leishmania and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection cases
reported to WHO come from Southern Europe. Up to the year 2001, nearly 2,000 cases of …

Kinetoplastids are a group of flagellated protozoans that include the species Trypanosoma
and Leishmania, which are human pathogens with devastating health and economic effects …

Infections with protozoan parasites are a major cause of disease and mortality in many
tropical countries of the world. Diseases caused by species of the genera Trypanosoma …

Background Improved treatment approaches are needed for visceral leishmaniasis. We
assessed the efficacy and safety of three potential short-course combination treatments …