Leishmania infantum
... is closely related to Leishmania donovani, and some authors believe that these two species are so close as ... Leishmania infantum is the causative agent of infantile visceral leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean region and in Latin America ... 2006). "Occurrence of Leishmania infantum cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Tunisia". Transactions of the Royal Society of ... Figures 3 and 5 {{cite journal}}: External link in ,quote= (help) Leishmania+infantum at the U.S. National Library of Medicine ...
Canine leishmaniasis
"Vectorborne Transmission of Leishmania infantum from Hounds, United States". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 21 (12): 2209-2212. ... March 2007). "Clinical value of anti-Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi IgG titers detected by flow cytometry to distinguish ... and Transmission of an American Isolate of Leishmania infantum. Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice ... The goals of this project are to screen for the presence of the Leishmania parasite DNA and to be a stepping stone to future ...
Parasitic flies of domestic animals
Dogs become infected with Leishmania infantum and L.tropica; the infection can slowly develop into a multi-organ stage with ... 2009) Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum transmitted by Phlebotomus tobbi. International Journal for ... Species of Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia sandflies are notorious as transmitters of species of Leishmania protozoa that cause ...
Lutzomyia longipalpis
"The Gut Microbiome of the Vector Lutzomyia Longipalpis Is Essential for Survival of Leishmania Infantum." MBio, vol. 8, no. 1, ... L. longipalpis plays a primary role in the transmission of Leishmania infantum throughout several countries in South America. ... and serves as a key vessel for the propagation of the parasite Leishmania infantum. The presence of these flies appears to be ... activity and possible modulation by Leishmania infantum chagasi," PLoS ONE, vol. 5, no. 5, Article ID e10697, 2010. C. S. ...
Lutzomyia shannoni
... including Leishmania mexicana. It is a suspected vector of Leishmania infantum and L. brasiliensis, pathogens that cause ... 1982). The tree-buttress biotope: a pathobiocenose of Leishmania braziliensis. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and ... The species can also harbor various Leishmania protozoans, ...
Leishmaniasis
The genomes of three Leishmania species (L. major, L. infantum, and L. braziliensis) have been sequenced, and this has provided ... Visceral disease is usually caused by Leishmania donovani, L. infantum, or L. chagasi, but occasionally these species may cause ... "Competence of non-human primates to transmit Leishmania infantum to the invertebrate vector Lutzomyia longipalpis". PLOS ... For example, in Leishmania, protein-coding genes are understood to be organized as large polycistronic units in a head-to-head ...
Leishmania
1993 Leishmania gerbilli Wang, Qu & Guan, 1964 Leishmania infantum Nicolle, 1908 (subspecies chagasi Cunha & Chagas, 1937) ... 1914 Leishmania mexicana Biagi, 1953 Leishmania pifanoi Medina & Romero, 1959 Leishmania tropica (Wright, 1903) Leishmania ... 1982 Leishmania adleri Heisch, 1958 Leishmania agamae David, 1929 Leishmania ceramodactyli Adler & Theodor, 1929 Leishmania ... Subgenus Leishmania Ross, 1903 sensu Saf'janova, 1982 Leishmania aethiopica Bray, Ashford & Bray, 1973 Leishmania amazonensis ...
Lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase
... from Leishmania infantum". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286 (30): 26838-48. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.237099. PMC 3143644. ...
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Stark D, Pett S, Marriott D, Harkness J (March 2006). "Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in a ... The treatments for other Leishmania species responsible for OWCL, such as L. infantum, L. aethiopica, and L. donovani, have not ... Promastigotes of Leishmania are transmitted to human skin by the bite of a sandfly. Leishmania then invades human macrophages ... Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania panamensis: There is good evidence that oral allopurinol plus intramuscular MA is ...
Sugiol
In one study sugiol showed efficacy in treating Leishmania infantum, a parasite that can cause Leishmaniasis in humans. Free ... "Activity and Cell-Death Pathway in Leishmania infantum Induced by Sugiol: Vectorization Using Yeast Cell Wall Particles ... infantum within. Because sugiol has shown so many protective effects in therapeutic trials, it is likely that in plants it acts ...
Shaden Kamhawi
Binding of Leishmania infantum Lipophosphoglycan to the Midgut Is Not Sufficient To Define Vector Competence in Lutzomyia ... She is a specialist in leishmania epidemiology, and in 1997 worked on vector-borne diseases at the National Institute of ... Sequential blood meals promote Leishmania replication and reverse metacyclogenesis augmenting vector infectivity. Nature ...
Solanum lycocarpum
... and Leishmania infantum. The main phenolic compounds in ethanol extracts of the ripe fruits are caffeic acid and chlorogenic ... "In vitro activities of glycoalkaloids from the Solanum lycocarpum against Leishmania infantum". Revista Brasileira de ... Extracts have been shown to kill in vitro the human parasites Schistosoma mansoni and Giardia lamblia, Leishmania amazonensis, ...
Valosin-containing protein
In Leishmania infantum, the LiVCP protein is essential for the intracellular development of the parasite and its survival under ... "Valosin-containing protein VCP/p97 is essential for the intracellular development of Leishmania and its survival under heat ...
María Dora Feliciangeli
She also led studies that demonstrated that infection with the pathogen Leishmania infantum had an adverse effect on the insect ... 2005) Genetic homogeneity within Leishmania (L.) infantum isolated from human and dogs: the relationship with the sandfly fauna ...
Trypanothione-disulfide reductase
Leishmania infantum, Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma cruzi. The structures reveal that trypanothione reductase forms ... Pandey RK, Kumbhar BV, Srivastava S, Malik R, Sundar S, Kunwar A, Prajapati VK (2017). "Febrifugine analogues as Leishmania ... Cunningham ML, Fairlamb AH (1995). "Trypanothione reductase from Leishmania donovani. Purification, characterisation and ... ADMET and molecular simulations to develop benzoxaborole analogs as potential inhibitor against Leishmania donovani ...
Multi-parametric surface plasmon resonance
"SPR analysis of the interaction between a recombinant protein of unknown function in Leishmania infantum immobilised on ...
Veterinary parasitology
Hammondia hammondi Histomonas meleagridis Isospora canis Leishmania donovani Leishmania infantum Neospora caninum Toxoplasma ...
Fexinidazole
... reduce the parasite burden in the liver and spleen of animals experimentally infected with Leishmania infantum The biologically ...
Climate change and infectious diseases
... whereas in the same experiment Leishmania infantum and Leishmania braziliensis temperature seemed to make no difference. ... For instance, Leishmania peruviana infections were lost during sandfly defecation when the infected vector was kept at higher ... Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease, caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania and transmitted by sandflies; it is ... Hlavacova J, Votypka J, Volf P (September 2013). "The effect of temperature on Leishmania (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) ...
Bob Brier
Immunological identification of Plasmodium falciparum and Leishmania infantum in the skeletal remains of the Medici family," ...
Canine vector-borne disease
Leishmania amazonensis, L. colombiensis, and L. infantum cause visceral leishmaniasis (see also canine leishmaniasis). L. ...
Leishmania donovani
The genus Leishmania most likely originated in South America, from where it migrated to Asia. L. donovani and L. infantum ... Leishmania donovani is a species of intracellular parasites belonging to the genus Leishmania, a group of haemoflagellate ... Leishmania donovani is a unicellular eukaryote having a well-defined nucleus and other cell organelles including a kinetoplast ... Leishmania donovani is a digenetic parasite passing its life cycle in two different hosts. In humans the metacyclic ...
Visceral leishmaniasis
1999). "Control of Leishmania infantum Infection Is Associated with CD8+ and Gamma-interferon and Interleukin-5 Producing CD4+ ... 1993). "Correlates of Leishmania-specific Immunity in the Clinical Spectrum of Infection with Leishmania chagasi". J. Infect. ... The DAT anti-leishmania antigen test, standard within MSF, is much more cumbersome to use and appears not to have any ... Studies of Leishmania antigen specific T cell clones from cured patient PBMC confirm that cured patients have a mixed T cell ...
Health in Afghanistan
... of which Leishmania tropica, L. major, and L. donovani can produce skin lesions while L. donovani and L. infantum visceralize. ... Four Leishmania species are considered endemic in northern Afghanistan, ...
List of MeSH codes (B01)
... leishmania guyanensis MeSH B01.500.841.750.443.950.450.868.488.325 - leishmania infantum MeSH B01.500.841.750.443.950.450.868. ... leishmania donovani MeSH B01.500.841.750.443.950.450.868.488.240 - leishmania enriettii MeSH B01.500.841.750.443.950.450.868. ... 488.405 - leishmania major MeSH B01.500.841.750.443.950.450.868.488.410 - leishmania mexicana MeSH B01.500.841.750.443.950. ... leishmania MeSH B01.500.841.750.443.950.450.868.488.080 - leishmania braziliensis MeSH B01.500.841.750.443.950.450.868.488.230 ...
Leishmaniasis vaccine
In 2011 CaniLeish, a vaccine made with antigens from L. infantum, was licensed in Europe. Efforts are on ongoing to develop ... Attempts to create a vaccine with live, inactivated or attenuated Leishmania have failed. Attempts to create a peptide, DNA, or ... Another gene deletion mutant was created in a Leishmania mexicana strain in 2022, showing complete inhibition of the typical ... Moafi, M; Rezvan, H; Sherkat, R; Taleban, R (2019). "Leishmania Vaccines Entered in Clinical Trials: A Review of Literature". ...