Leishmaniasis remains a public health problem worldwide, affecting approximately 12
million people in 88 countries; 50 000 die of it each year. The disease is caused by …

Leishmania infection continues to have a major impact on public health inducing significant
morbidity and mortality mostly in the poorest populations. Drug resistance, toxicity and side …

Parasites are responsible for the most neglected tropical diseases, affecting over a billion
people worldwide (WHO, 2015) and accounting for billions of cases a year and responsible …

Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite
Leishmania, is fatal in the absence of treatment. At present there are no effective vaccines …

Over the past 15 years, DNA vaccines have gone from a scientific curiosity to one of the most
dynamic research field and may offer new alternatives for the control of parasitic diseases …

The field of vaccinology provides excellent promises to control different infectious and non-
infectious diseases. Genetic immunization as a new tool in this area by using naked DNA …

In this work, the effect of vaccination of a newly described Leishmania infantum antigenic
protein has been studied in BALB/c mice infected with this parasite species. The LiHyD …

Heat shock proteins (HSP) are highly conserved molecules that play important roles in
protein folding, assembly of protein complexes and translocation of proteins across cellular …

Vaccination is one the most important strategies for the prevention of visceral leishmaniasis
(VL). In the current study, a new Leishmania hypothetical protein, LiHyP, which was …

Managing the spread and load of pathogen-transmitting ticks is an important task worldwide.
The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, not only impacts the economy through losses in …