Pathogen fitness landscapes change when transmission cycles establish in non-native
environments or spill over into new vectors and hosts. The introduction of Leishmania …

Protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania adapt to environmental change through
chromosome and gene copy number variations. Only little is known about external or …

The spatio-temporal distribution of leishmaniasis, a parasitic vector-borne zoonotic disease,
is significantly impacted by land-use change and climate warming in the Americas …

Leishmania parasites present astonishing adaptative abilities that represent a matter of life
or death within disparate environments during the heteroxenous parasite life cycle. From an …

Leishmania infantum causes visceral leishmaniasis, a deadly vector-borne disease
introduced to the Americas during the colonial era. This non-native trypanosomatid parasite …

The protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani causes fatal human visceral leishmaniasis in
absence of treatment. Genome instability has been recognized as a driver in Leishmania …

Leishmania are protozoan pathogens that cause leishmaniasis, a neglected disease with
debilitating and potentially life-threatening symptoms. The Leishmania genome is very …

The parasite Leishmania donovani causes a fatal disease termed visceral leishmaniasis.
The process through which the parasite adapts to environmental change remains largely …

The hurdles in drug and vaccine development pipelines for leishmaniasis, a complex,
multifaceted disease, are largely due to the digenetic lifecycle, differential clinical …

Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on Earth and play a significant role in the
evolution of many organisms and ecosystems. In pathogenic protozoa, the presence of …