As part of a World Health Organization-led effort to update the empirical evidence base for
the leishmaniases, national experts provided leishmaniasis case data for the last 5 years …

Governed by parasite and host factors and immunoinflammatory responses, the clinical
spectrum of leishmaniasis encompasses subclinical (inapparent), localised (skin lesions) …

Leishmaniasis diagnosis in regions where multiple species exist should identify each
species directly in the clinical sample without parasite culturing. The sensitivity of two PCR …

The group of diseases known as the leishmaniases are caused by obligate intracellular
protozoa of the genus Leishmania (39). Natural transmission of leishmania is carried out by …

Leishmaniases remain a major public health problem today despite the vast amount of
research conducted on Leishmania pathogens. The biological model is genetically and …

The risk for reintroduction of some exotic vector-borne diseases in Europe has become a hot
topic, while the reality of others is neglected at the public health policy level. Leishmaniasis …

ABSTRACT A real-time PCR was developed to quantify Leishmania infantum kinetoplast
DNA and optimized to reach a sensitivity of 0.0125 parasites/ml of blood. In order to analyze …

The objectives of this study were to compare the sensitivities and reliabilities of different
PCR methods for the diagnosis and epidemiological study of canine visceral leishmaniasis …

Numerous disease-causing parasites must invade host cells in order to prosper.
Collectively, such pathogens are responsible for a staggering amount of human sickness …

Although leishmaniases are endemic in 98 countries, they are still considered neglected
tropical diseases. Leishmaniases are characterized by the emergence of new virulent and …