Are you planning a vacation to Spain, Italy, France, Greece, or another country along the Mediterranean? If so, you should ...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a systemic protozoan disease that is transmitted by phlebotomine sandflies. Poor and neglected populations in East Africa and the Indian sub-continent are particularly ...

Leishmaniasis is a tropical disease affecting a growing number of people worldwide. Each year, between 700,000 and 1 million new cases are reported. Caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus ...

An innovative, safer, simpler, patient-friendly oral medicine to treat visceral leishmaniasis has entered Phase II clinical development in a trial conducted in Ethiopia by the not-for-profit research ...

The tiny sand flies that spread kala-azar are now bitingpeople inside their homes.This is a major shift from their previous habit of biting inremote grazing fields, Kenyan scientists have found.Sand ...

The parasitic disease leishmaniasis is spread to humans through the bites of sandflies, and is endemic in a number of countries, including Brazil. Despite control efforts, the incidence of visceral ...

Despite being the third most important vector-borne diseases worldwide in terms of burden of disease, the leishmaniases are one of the so-called “neglected diseases.” Since the massive humanitarian re ...

Leishmaniasis is a tropical disease caused by a parasite called Leishmania donovanii. Sand flies of the Phlebotomus family spread these parasites through their bites. The different forms of human ...

The first case of concomitant visceral leishmaniasis and non-ulcerated cutaneous leishmaniasis in the same patient has been reported recently by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos ...

A tropical disease once seen almost exclusively among Americans returning from travel abroad now has a unique U.S. strain. Health officials warn that a related, deadlier parasite seen in other ...