[HTML][HTML] Leishmania infections: Molecular targets and diagnosis

M Akhoundi, T Downing, J Votýpka, K Kuhls… - Molecular aspects of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Progress in the diagnosis of leishmaniases depends on the development of effective
methods and the discovery of suitable biomarkers. We propose firstly an update …

One health–an ecological and evolutionary framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases

JP Webster, CM Gower, SCL Knowles… - Evolutionary …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the complex population biology and transmission ecology of multihost
parasites has been declared as one of the major challenges of biomedical sciences for the …
G Van der Auwera, JC Dujardin - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Leishmania is an infectious protozoan parasite related to African and American
trypanosomes. All Leishmania species that are pathogenic to humans can cause dermal …

Heat-shock protein 70 gene sequencing for Leishmania species ty** in European tropical infectious disease clinics

G Van der Auwera, I Maes, S De Doncker… - …, 2013 - eurosurveillance.org
We describe Leishmania species determination on clinical samples on the basis of partial
sequencing of the heat-shock protein 70 gene (hsp70), without the need for parasite …

Multiple hybrid genotypes of Leishmania (viannia) in a focus of mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis.

D Nolder, N Roncal, CR Davies… - … journal of tropical …, 2007 - researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk
The principal agent of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) is the South American
protozoan parasite Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. This organism is generally considered …

Leishmania infantum in free-ranging hares, Spain, 2004-2010

F Ruiz-Fons, E Ferroglio, C Gortázar - Eurosurveillance, 2013 - eurosurveillance.org
Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis) were recently deemed responsible for an outbreak of
human leishmaniasis affecting metropolitan Madrid, Spain. However, the reservoir potential …

Species diversity causing human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Rio Branco, state of Acre, Brazil

AC Tojal da Silva, E Cupolillo… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Objective Information on Leishmania species diversity in western Brazilian
Amazon and the clinical picture of human cutaneous leishmaniasis it causes is scarce. We …

Visualisation of Leishmania donovani Fluorescent Hybrids during Early Stage Development in the Sand Fly Vector

J Sadlova, M Yeo, V Seblova, MD Lewis, I Mauricio… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background The Leishmania protozoan parasites cause devastating human diseases.
Leishmania have been considered to replicate clonally, without genetic exchange. However …