We evaluated some eco-epidemiological characteristics of the sand fly fauna in an ecotourism area in the Atlantic Forest located in Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. During a period of one year, sandflies were coll...
The project is partially supported by the International Joint Laboratory on Tropical Diseases Control in Greater Mekong(no.21410750200)from the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality.
Background Vector-borne parasitic infectious diseases associated with poverty(referred to as vb-pIDP),such as malaria,leishmaniasis,lymphatic filariasis,African trypanosomiasis,Chagas disease,and onchocerciasis,are hi...
Objective:To prepare and characterize polycaprolactone(PCL)nanoparticles loaded with sonicator fragmented(SLA)and freeze-thaw Leishmania antigens(FTLA)and to investigate the in vitro immunogenicity of antigen-encapsul...
Resistance to pentavalent antimonial drugs and the lack of vaccines make it urgent to find novel therapeutic options to treat Leishmaniasis, a tropical disease caused by the Leishmania protozoan parasite. The study re...
Dear Editor,New World cutaneous leishmaniasis is a vector-borne neglected tropical disease caused by infection with protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania;most of them included in the subgenus Viannia,which are t...
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne parasitic disease affecting millions of people worldwide.However,in the last decade,the number of cases has been reduced from well-documented endemic parts,but sporadic cases have been ...
Objective:To compare the DNA sequences of Leishmania(L.)donovani isolated from individuals in two districts of the Northern Province with other parts of Sri Lanka and neighboring countries.Methods:Samples were collect...
BACKGROUND There are three main forms of leishmaniasis in humans:cutaneous leishmaniasis(CL),visceral leishmaniasis(VL),and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.The prevalence of human leishmaniasis varies widely in different ...
Supported by Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation,No.ZR2020QH138
BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis includes a range of chronic infections in humans and animals and can be caused by more than 20 species of Leishmania protozoa.The manifestations of leishmaniasis are diverse and dependent on t...
BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis is a neglected zoonotic disease,endemic in Sudan.Estimating this disease is very important to inform the health care policymakers and the governments to apply proper health and economic polici...