Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a vector-borne disease caused by an intracellular protozoa of
the genus Leishmania that can be lethal if not treated. VL is caused by Leishmania donovani …

Leishmaniasis is regarded as a neglected tropical disease by World Health Organization
(WHO) and is ranked next to malaria as the deadliest protozoan disease. The primary …

Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease with two main clinical forms: cutaneous and
visceral leishmaniasis. Diagnosis of leishmaniasis is still a challenge, concerning the …

Introduction Leishmaniasis is a major public health problem and the second most lethal
parasitic disease in the world due to the lack of effective treatments and vaccines. Even …

Leishmania infections span a range of clinical syndromes and impact humans from many
geographic foci, but primarily the world's poorest regions. Transmitted by the bite of a female …

Early diagnosis of parasitic diseases can dramatically alleviate medical, economic, and
social burdens. Herein, we report a sensitive and label-free assay for diagnosing single …

Introduction: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a fatal parasitic disease caused by a parasite
belonging to the Leishmania donovani complex and transmitted by infected female …

Real-time PCR was developed to quantify Leishmania infantum kinetoplast DNA and
optimized to achieve a sensitivity of 1 parasite/mL. For this purpose, we cloned the …

Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease and remains a global concern for healthcare.
It is caused by an opportunistic protozoan parasite belonging to the genus Leishmania and …

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) …