Scientists with the CDC report that they've detected the tropical, flesh-eating parasite leishmaniasis in patients who haven't traveled outside the country Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at ...

Leishmaniasis is caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans by the bite of a sand fly. Roughly 350 million people are at risk, living in areas that are endemic to ...

Researchers have found that Leishmania parasite utilizes mannose for their metabolism and growth different from human metabolism which requires glucose. Associate Professor Malcolm McConville and ...

Each year, approximately two million people worldwide become infected with leishmaniasis, a disfiguring tropical parasitic infection that can be fatal. People with the infection often are socially ...

Interestingly, most individuals infected with Leishmania spp ... and clinically cured individuals can harbour transmissible parasites and can serve as the main infection reservoirs for emerging ...

A breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) could lead to more effective drugs for human leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that ...

“[The work] adds to the collection of vector-associated factors that promote infection following transmission of Leishmania by sand fly bite,” said parasite biologist David Sacks of the National ...

Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) refers to the spectrum of infectious disease produced by species of the Leishmania parasite. The parasites spread by the bite of infected sand flies.

Adequate nutrition strengthens the body's immune defenses, enhancing resistance against Leishmania parasites. ALSO READ | Is ...