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

Trypanosomatids are protozoan parasites of the class Kinetoplastida predominately
restricted to invertebrate hosts (ie possess a monoxenous life-cycle). However, several …

Trypanosomes and leishmanias are widely known parasites of humans. However, they are
just two out of several phylogenetic lineages that constitute the family Trypanosomatidae …

Unicellular flagellates of the family Trypanosomatidae are obligatory parasites of
invertebrates, vertebrates and plants. Dixenous species are aetiological agents of a number …

Aneuploidy is widely observed in both unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes, usually
associated with adaptation to stress conditions. Chromosomal duplication stability is a …

Background Protists of the family Trypanosomatidae (phylum Euglenozoa) have gained
notoriety as parasites affecting humans, domestic animals, and agricultural plants. However …

Knowledge of viral diversity is expanding greatly, but many lineages remain underexplored.
We surveyed RNA viruses in 52 cultured monoxenous relatives of the human parasite …

Parasitic diseases caused by kinetoplastid parasites are a burden to public health
throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world. TriTrypDB (https://tritrypdb. org) is a …

Abstract Comparison of the genomes of free‐living Bodo saltans and those of parasitic
trypanosomatids reveals that the transition from a free‐living to a parasitic life style has …

Co-infection among leishmaniasis and other infectious diseases is common among natural
populations especially in the endemic areas of the disease. It depends on the environmental …