Trials conducted at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) confirm that the isolate of Leishmania amazonensis from a 46-year-old patient is resistant to amphotericin B. Researchers in Brazil who ...

Leishmaniasis is an infection from Leishmania parasites. It is transmitted through the bite of sand flies that have the parasite. An infection can be cutaneous, mucosal, or visceral. There are 1.5 to ...

A parasitic disease that can cause skin ulcers and is usually spread by the tiny sandfly may now be endemic to the U.S., preliminary findings from CDC researchers suggested. Genetic sequencing of ...

Dr. Nidhi Dey from the University of York was recently interviewed on her exciting new work on the spatial analysis of IDO1 and PDL1 checkpoints in cutaneous leishmaniasis. What are IDO1 and PDL1, and ...

Leishmaniasis is a potentially fatal parasitic disease. It’s caused by leishmania parasites. You can get it if you are bitten by phlebotomine sand flies that carry this parasite. Experts classify ...

Back in 2014, dermatologist Bridget McIlwee saw a 3-year-old patient in central Texas with unusual bumps on his ear. "They looked a little bit like almost kind of a benign mole that you would see in a ...

If you notice a small bump or sore on your body, you should get it checked out by a medical professional because it could be a sign of a parasitic infection called leishmaniasis. The Leishmania ...

Researchers say they have developed a novel, safe, and effective way to infect volunteers with the parasite that causes leishmaniasis and measure the body’s immune response, bringing a vaccine for the ...

“Pentalinonsterol could represent the next generation of small-molecule-mediated immunotherapy for visceral leishmaniasis,” Elizabeth Sharlow, a pharmacologist at the University of Virginia who did ...