Zoonotic and other infectious diseases are emerging and reemerging rapidly in recent times owing to altered climatic conditions, changing lifestyles, and unhealthy living conditions. The WHO listed 20 ...

Findings from a new study could help doctors select more effective treatments earlier for patients suffering from leishmaniasis, a disfiguring skin infection.

In the last 10 years, the rate of visceral leishmaniasis (VL ... our focus is now on its elimination by interrupting disease transmission in endemic states. India, in 2023, launched a Five ...

Leishmaniasis is caused by infection with ... This major new approach uses natural transmission by sand fly to initiate infection and state of the art technologies, allowing the researchers ...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL ... endemic controls are healthy persons living in a region where no leishmanial transmission occurs and who have not been exposed to it by travel.

This means that there will be a reduction in transmission since post-Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis patients are a source of infection to sandflies. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the ...

Major milestones include the elimination of trachoma and reduced rates of visceral leishmaniasis, with ongoing efforts targeting lymphatic filariasis through Mass Drug Administration and ...