[PDF][PDF] Leishmaniasis: a review on parasite, vector and reservoir host

B Alemayehu, M Alemayehu - Health Science Journal, 2017‏ - academia.edu
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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A Systematic Review (1990–2021) of Wild Animals Infected with Zoonotic Leishmania

I Azami-Conesa, MT Gómez-Muñoz, RA Martínez-Díaz - Microorganisms, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Leishmaniasis are neglected diseases caused by several species of Leishmania that affect
humans and many domestic and wild animals with a worldwide distribution. The objectives …

Bat-associated microbes: Opportunities and perils, an overview

J Dhivahar, A Parthasarathy, K Krishnan, BS Kovi… - Heliyon, 2023‏ - cell.com
The potential biotechnological uses of bat-associated bacteria are discussed briefly,
indicating avenues for biotechnological applications of bat-associated microbes. The …

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) …

Development of an Amplicon-Based Next-Generation Sequencing Protocol to Identify Leishmania Species and Other Trypanosomatids in Leishmaniasis Endemic …

LH Patiño, AC Castillo-Castañeda, M Muñoz… - Microbiology …, 2021‏ - journals.asm.org
Trypanosomatid infections are an important public health threat affecting many low-income
countries across the tropics, particularly in the Americas. Trypanosomatids can infect many …

Leishmania species infection of bats: A systematic review

NN de Souza, RL Ursine, DS Cruz, EMS Xavier… - Acta Tropica, 2023‏ - Elsevier
A wide variety of mammals, including domestic and wild species, have been considered
potential hosts and reservoirs for Leishmania. Bats have longevity, dispersal capacity, and …

Potential animal reservoirs (dogs and bats) of human visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in French Guiana

H Medkour, B Davoust, F Dulieu, L Maurizi… - PLoS Neglected …, 2019‏ - journals.plos.org
In French Guiana, cutaneous leishmaniasis is highly endemic, whereas no autochthonous
case of visceral leishmaniasis have been reported so far. However, due to its proximity to …

Isolation of Novel Trypanosomatid, Zelonia australiensis sp. nov. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) Provides Support for a Gondwanan Origin of Dixenous …

J Barratt, A Kaufer, B Peters, D Craig… - PLoS neglected …, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
The genus Leishmania includes approximately 53 species, 20 of which cause human
leishmaniais; a significant albeit neglected tropical disease. Leishmaniasis has afflicted …

Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana Infection in Wild Rodents from an Emergent Focus of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Yucatan, Mexico

EI Sosa-Bibiano, LA Sánchez-Martínez… - Journal of Tropical …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
In 2015, emergent cases of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL) were reported in
Tinum, Yucatan, Mexico. As part of an eco‐epidemiological study to characterize the …