Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis is the second most frequent agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil, 1 a country with high incidence of this disease (WHO 2016). Our study is the first to ...

For the first time, researchers have now profiled how the human immune system responds to a DCL infection and, in turn, how Leishmania amazonensis adapts to the human host. In diffuse cutaneous ...

Now, researchers have showed that a natural flavonoid is effective at treating Leishmania amazonensis infections. Current treatment options for the parasitic disease leishmaniasis are largely ...

More information: Bianca A. Ferreira et al, Amphotericin B resistance in Leishmania amazonensis: In vitro and in vivo characterization of a Brazilian clinical isolate, PLOS Neglected Tropical ...

The process enables Leishmania to remain in mammalian hosts for years, sometimes for the entire lifetime of an infected individual." Dario Zamboni, principal investigator for the study and last ...

Two species carried Leishmania naiffi, a parasite that causes cutaneous leishmaniasis: persistent, itchy skin lesions. Three species carried Wolbachia, a bacterial parasite of insects that could ...

We conducted a randomized, vehicle-controlled phase 3 trial of topical treatments containing 15% paromomycin, with and without 0.5% gentamicin, for cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania ...

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McIlwee sent off a sample for laboratory testing, and the results came back pointing to a surprising culprit: The boy had tested positive for cutaneous leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease.