… -native environments or spill over into new vectors and hosts. The introduction of Leishmania
infantum in the Americas into the Neotropics during European colonization represents a …

… Driven in part by high karyotypic plasticity 12,13 , Leishmania parasites are capable of rapid
adaptation and epidemic expansion after environmental change and/or bottleneck events 8 …

… Leishmania infantum is a protozoan parasite that causes life-threatening … Trans-Atlantic
spillover: deconstructing the ecological adaptation of Leishmania infantum in the Americas…

… leishmanial agents, and adaptation to new ecological niches. … were introduced into Colombia
possibly during the arrival of … which came to the Americas via the trans-Atlantic slave trade […

… leishmaniasis (VL) is the most severe form of the disease, caused by Leishmania donovani
and Leishmania infantum. … for transmission, host immune evasion, or ecological adaptation. …

… to the behavior and adaptation to the ecological niche of the main vectors for Leishmania. …
reducing the prevalence and incidence of Leishmania infantum infection. Parasit Vectors 11…

… Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis is an important etiological agent of American cutaneous
leishmaniasis (ACL… ) AND (tropism OR virulence OR visceralization OR adaptations OR …

… infantum came to the Americas with the European conquerors (and their dogs). L. infantum
has been introduced into the Americas … in the past centuries, adapting not only to new vector …

… South America and cause mainly cutaneous leishmaniasis. … As previously reported for other
Leishmania genomes, we … observed in the laboratory-adapted strains, even before exposure …