Progress in the diagnosis of leishmaniases depends on the development of effective
methods and the discovery of suitable biomarkers. We propose firstly an update …

Leishmaniases remain a major public health problem today despite the vast amount of
research conducted on Leishmania pathogens. The biological model is genetically and …

This paper reviews the current knowledge of leishmaniasis epidemiology in Venezuela,
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. In all 5 countries leishmaniasis is endemic in both the …

In the absence of a fossil record, theories relating to the evolution of protozoa have, for most
of the twentieth century, been based on morphological and life cycle data despite their …

Publisher Summary This chapter deals with population genetics of microorganisms, focusing
on medically important parasitic protozoa and fungal organisms. It presents comparisons of …

The tropical Andes are an important natural laboratory to understand speciation in many
taxa. Here we examined the evolutionary history of parasites of the Leishmania braziliensis …

During an outbreak of tegumentary leishmaniasis that developed in the 1990s in the Eastern
Andean valley of Huanuco, Peru, the coexistence of Andean (uta) and sylvatic …

The only trypanosomatid so far proved to undergo genetic exchange is Trypanosoma brucei,
for which hybrid production after co-transmission of different parental strains through the …

A prospective longitudinal survey of cutaneous leishmaniasis (Leishmania peruviana) was
carried out in Peru on a study population of 4716 persons living in 38 villages (Departments …

Our results have shown the wide diversity of parasites within New World Leishmania.
Biochemical and molecular characterization of species within the genus has revealed that …