[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 …

Advancement in leishmaniasis diagnosis and therapeutics: An update

D Kumari, S Perveen, R Sharma, K Singh - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Laboratory diagnostics for human Leishmania infections: a polymerase chain reaction-focussed review of detection and identification methods

I Gow, NC Smith, D Stark, J Ellis - Parasites & Vectors, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Real-time PCR in detection and quantitation of Leishmania donovani for the diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis patients and the monitoring of their response to …

F Hossain, P Ghosh, MAA Khan, MS Duthie, AC Vallur… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Sustained elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) requires the reduction and control of
parasite reservoirs to minimize the transmission of Leishmania donovani infection. A simple …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Nanodiagnostics in leishmaniasis: A new frontiers for early elimination

MR Gedda, P Madhukar, A Shukla… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is still a major public health concern in developing countries
having the highest outbreak and mortality potential. While the treatment of VL has greatly …

Follow-up of an asymptomatic Chagas disease population of children after treatment with nifurtimox (Lampit) in a sylvatic endemic transmission area of Colombia

F Bianchi, Z Cucunubá, F Guhl… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Two
drugs are currently used for the etiological treatment of the disease: Nifurtimox (Lampit) and …

Leishmania tarentolae molecular signatures in a 300 hundred-years-old human Brazilian mummy

SPC Novo, D Leles, R Bianucci, A Araujo - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Background L. tarentolae, the lizard-infecting species of Old World geckos, has been
classified as non-pathogenic to man. While it has been demonstrated that L. tarentolae is …

Genetic diversity of Leishmania donovani that causes cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: a cross sectional study with regional comparisons

UL Kariyawasam, A Selvapandiyan, K Rai… - BMC Infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background Leishmania donovani is the etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in
the Indian subcontinent. However, it is also known to cause cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in …

Current Applications of Digital PCR in Veterinary Parasitology: An Overview

CN Tsokana, I Symeonidou, G Sioutas, AI Gelasakis… - Parasitologia, 2023 - mdpi.com
Digital PCR (dPCR) is an emerging technology that enables the absolute quantification of
the targeted nucleic acids. The body of research on the potential applications of this novel …