Nearly one million people worldwide are plagued annually by cutaneous leishmaniasis, a devastating skin infection caused by the Leishmania parasite. Predominantly affecting vulnerable populations ...

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 ...

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 ...