Co-infection among leishmaniasis and other infectious diseases is common among natural
populations especially in the endemic areas of the disease. It depends on the environmental …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is spread worldwide and is the most common manifestation
of leishmaniasis. Diagnosis is performed by combining clinical and epidemiological …

Five commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), one in-house
ELISA, and two hemagglutination assays were evaluated to determine their diagnostic …

Bioassay-guided fractionation of the organic extract of Ambrosia tenuifolia Sprengel
(Asteraceae) led to the isolation of two bioactive sesquiterpene lactones with significant …

Background Chagas disease (CD) is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. The chronic phase of
CD is characterized by the presence of IgG anti-T. cruzi antibodies; and diagnosis is …

The debilitating zoonosis Chagas disease (CD) is caused by infection with the flagellate
protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. One century after its discovery, a curative agent remains …

Chimeric T. cruzi antigens have been proposed as a diagnostic tool for chronic Chagas
disease (CD) in both settings where Chagas disease is endemic and those where it is not …

The natural infection of Lutzomyia neivai with Leishmania in the endemic area of American
cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in northwestern Argentina was analyzed by the polymerase …

Sesquiterpenes are bitter secondary metabolites characteristic to the genus Ambrosia
(Asteraceae) and constitute one of the most diverse classes of terpenoids. These …

Background Tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) is a disease of skin and/or mucosal tissues
caused by Leishmania parasites. TL patients may concurrently carry other pathogens, which …