Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease affecting millions of people worldwide. The disease
is caused by different species of Leishmania, and it is manifested by three major clinical …

Brazil is the only country endemic for zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) that regularly
conducts epidemiologic and prophylactic control programs that involve the treatment of …

2.1 Background Exhaustive empirical surveys have shown that, almost without exception,
macroparasites (parasitic helminths and arthropods) are aggregated across their host …

The laboratory and field observations summarized in this paper on visceral leishmaniasis
ecology in the State of Bahia, Brazil are based on the author's observations over the past 35 …

Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) is a serious public health problem in several Brazilian
cities. Although the proximity of chicken houses is often cited as a risk factor in studies of …

Abstract In Brazil, where Leishmania chagasi causes endemic American visceral
leishmaniasis (AVL), the spread and maintenance of human disease are attributed to canine …

Background Studies performed over the past decade have identified fairly consistent
epidemiological patterns of risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Indian …

Originally associated with forested areas, the transmission cycle of American cutaneous
leishmaniasis (ACL) has now adapted to the domestic environment in at least 9 Latin …

Leishmania donovani chagasi parasites, transmitted by sandflies of the Lutzomyia
longipalpis species complex, normally cause visceral leishmaniasis. However, in Central …

In a zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL)-endemic area in Brazil, deltamethrin-impregnated
collars (DMC) were fitted to 136 dogs for 5 months and significantly reduced the odds of …