Is leishmaniasis the new emerging zoonosis in the world?

E Montaner-Angoiti, L Llobat - Veterinary Research Communications, 2023 - Springer
Leishmania is a genus of parasitic protozoa that causes a disease called leishmaniasis.
Leishmaniasis is transmitted to humans through the bites of infected female sandflies. There …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis situation analysis in the Islamic Republic of Iran in preparation for an elimination plan

I Sharifi, A Khosravi, MR Aflatoonian… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Iran has invariably been under the growing public health threat of cutaneous leishmaniasis
(CL), a significant barrier to local development that hinders the prevention and control efforts …

High-risk spatiotemporal patterns of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a nationwide study in Iran from 2011 to 2020

N Firouraghi, R Bergquist, M Fatima… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a wide-reaching infection of major public
health concern. Iran is one of the six most endemic countries in the world. This study aims to …

Computer-Aided drug design of new 2-amino-thiophene derivatives as anti-leishmanial agents

IS Luna, TA de Souza, MS da Silva… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The leishmaniasis is a neglected disease caused by a group of protozoan parasites from the
genus Leishmania whose treatment is limited, obsolete, toxic, and ineffective in certain …

Revisiting epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Central Asia: lessons learnt

V Yurchenko, DS Chistyakov, LV Akhmadishina… - Parasitology, 2023 - cambridge.org
In this work we reviewed historical and recent data on Leishmania spp. infection combining
data collected in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, China and …

Diagnosis of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) protocols: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AC Erber, PJ Sandler, DM de Avelar, I Swoboda… - Parasites & vectors, 2022 - Springer
Sensitive, reliable and fast diagnostic tools that are applicable in low-resource settings, at
the point of care (PoC), are seen as crucial in the fight against visceral leishmaniasis (VL) …

Transmission patterns of Leishmania tropica around the Mediterranean basin: Could Morocco be impacted by a zoonotic spillover?

I El Idrissi Saik, C Benlabsir, H Fellah… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) due to Leishmania tropica is a neglected tropical disease
characterized by a wide geographical distribution in the Mediterranean basin and is …

Fifty years of struggle to control cutaneous leishmaniasis in the highest endemic county in Iran: a longitudinal observation inferred with interrupted time series model

M Aflatoonian, I Sharifi, B Aflatoonian… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Negligible data are available following major social activities and environmental changes on
leishmaniasis. Therefore, how interactions between these events influence cutaneous …

The Geographical Distribution of Human Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmania Species Identified by Molecular Methods in Iran: A Systematic Review With Meta …

H Hajjaran, R Saberi, A Borjian, M Fakhar… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniasis is one of the most common vector-borne parasitic diseases in Iran.
Leishmania species identification is necessary for epidemiological aspects, precise …

Peptides to tackle leishmaniasis: Current status and future directions

AA Robles-Loaiza, EA Pinos-Tamayo… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Peptide-based drugs are an attractive class of therapeutic agents, recently recognized by
the pharmaceutical industry. These molecules are currently being used in the development …