Blood-sucking arthropods transmit a variety of human pathogens acting as disseminators of
the so-called vector-borne diseases. Leishmaniasis is a spectrum of diseases caused by …

Euglenozoa is a species-rich group of protists, which have extremely diverse lifestyles and a
range of features that distinguish them from other eukaryotes. They are composed of free …

Leishmaniasis, a neglected parasitic disease caused by a unicellular protozoan of the
genus Leishmania, is transmitted through the bite of a female sandfly. The disease remains …

The protozoan parasite Leishmania possesses a single flagellum, which is remodelled
during the parasite's life cycle from a long motile flagellum in promastigote forms in the sand …

Parasitic diseases still constitute a major global health problem affecting billions of people
around the world. These diseases are capable of becoming chronic and result in high …

Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic and vector-borne infectious disease that is caused by the genus
Leishmania belonging to the trypanosomatid family. The protozoan parasite has a digenetic …

Attachment to a substrate to maintain position in a specific ecological niche is a common
strategy across biology, especially for eukaryotic parasites. During development in the sand …

Anti-microbial peptides (AMPs), small biologically active molecules, produced by different
organisms through their innate immune system, have become a considerable subject of …

Leishmania species, members of the kinetoplastid parasites, cause leishmaniasis, a
neglected tropical disease, in millions of people worldwide. Leishmania has a complex life …

Leishmania donovani is the causal organism of leishmaniasis with critical health
implications affecting about 12 million people around the globe. Due to less efficacy …