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 ...

LAWRENCE — 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 ...

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 ...

Scanning electron micrograph of Leishmania mexicana parasites. Leishmania mexicana is a unicellular eukaryotic parasite, and is one of the species of Leishmania that causes the disease Leishmaniasis.

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 ...

Leishmaniasis is a group of diseases caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania, transmitted primarily through the bites of infected sand flies. This vector-borne disease poses significant public ...

Leishmania parasites often cause puzzlingly painless lesions. Scientists are beginning to dig into the mechanisms underlying this pain-blocking effect. Hannah joined The Scientist as an assistant ...

It could apply for the sandfly and the parasite that they transmit [that causes] Leishmania, [and] the kissing bugs and the trypanosome parasites. And you could continue with all the vectors that ...

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.

The management of Leishmania donova ni (LD), responsible for fatal visceral leishmaniasis (VL), faces increasing challenges due to rising drug-unresponsiveness, leading to increasing treatment ...