Leishmania can also infect internal organs including the liver, spleen, and bone marrow. This more severe type of leishmaniasis, called visceral leishmaniasis, is not believed to be transmitted ...

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 ...

It was previously known that various species of the Leishmania protozoa can shorten the lifespan of sand flies, especially if they are stressed (hey, flies get stressed too)–but according to the ...

Canine leishmaniosis, caused by Leishmania infantum, is a vector-borne disease. The immune response in infected dogs determines the clinical outcome, with a strong cell-mediated immune response linked ...

The parasite known as Leishmania spreads when sandflies, historically found in tropical climes, bite people. Sandflies carrying the parasite also infect other mammals such as woodrats which ...

Whereas certain oral antifungal azoles are well documented to have activity against leishmania, data on the efficacy of fluconazole for leishmaniasis are limited. We conducted a controlled trial ...

In particular, little is yet known in biological terms about the parasites responsible, called Leishmania. How do they reproduce? How do they evolve and adapt to their environment and hosts ...

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 ...

Leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania parasites that are transmitted by the bite of phlebotomine sand flies. While this NTD is mostly found in parts of the subtropics and tropics as well as ...

From 2005 to 2019, the CDC identified 1,222 cases in the U.S. that were positive for Leishmania, a parasite transmitted through the bites of infected female sandflies. The parasite can cause a ...

L. major is a causal agent of human cutaneous leishmaniasis. Avoid contact of media containing Leishmania parasites with open wounds. Always work with gloves in a biological safety cabinet.

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 ...