A one day symposium on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis brought together leading health experts for an in-depth discussion over ...

Once thought to be a danger largely reserved for travelers, a flesh-eating parasite known as Leishmania mexicana is now likely spreading locally through some sand flies native to the southern U.S ...

Nutritional adaptations in Leishmania donovani enable persistent antimony resistance and reduced Amphotericin-B effectiveness by selectively exploiting host lipids and limiting cholesterol ...

Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. Classification: (i) if duplicates presented discordance in ...

In this study, we show that a specific Leishmania donovani (LD) protein, KMP-11, forms oligomers that bridge LD and host macrophage (MΦ) membranes. This KMP-11 induced interaction between LD and MΦ ...

Researchers in Brazil who analyzed samples from a 46-year-old patient in the Northeast state of Maranhão found an amphotericin B-resistant strain of the parasite Leishmania amazonensis ...

3 A prediction of the climatic suitability for leishmania vectors based on indicators that track disease risk is an important and innovative step towards better disease control and prevention in the ...

Leishmaniasis is an infection from Leishmania parasites. It is transmitted through the bite of sand flies that have the parasite. An infection can be cutaneous, mucosal, or visceral. There are 1.5 ...

Leishmania parasites undergo developmental changes in response to their environment. Leishmania TORC1 is a key environmental sensor essential for proliferation of insect and mammalian-stage parasites ...

Dozens of soldiers are suspected of having skin lesions caused by the Leishmania parasite, which causes Rose of Jericho disease (leishmaniasis) because they have "ulcerative skin lesions," the ...

Dozens of Israeli soldiers are suspected of being infected with parasitic leishmania around the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media, citing medical sources. The leishmania parasite is ...

Dozens of IDF soldiers have been diagnosed with leishmania due to sandfly bites, according to Maariv. According to the report, the soldiers suffer from welts or skin lesions and we're directed to ...