Kala azar is caused by bites from female phlebotomine sandflies – the vector (or transmitter) of the leishmania parasite. The sand flies feed on animals and humans for blood, which they need for ...

These cells are in the promastigote life cycle stage; the life cycle stage normally found in the gut of sand flies. Leishmania parasites are transmitted through the bite of an infected sand fly. The ...

You will be redirected to our submission process. Leishmaniasis are a group of vector-borne diseases caused by the protozoa Leishmania. These neglected diseases are endemic in more than 90 countries, ...

While there are many different kinds of sand flies, and not all are huge causes for concern, worry has arisen around the dangerous Leishmania parasite that they can carry. According to the World ...

IL-6 (A) and TNF-α (B) production by murine peritoneal macrophages (BALB/c and C57BL/6) exposed to lipophosphoglycan (LPG) (10 µg/mL) from dermotropic (AM65, AM73, AMA161 and AMA614) and viscerotropic ...

and is the most severe form of leishmaniasis. When bitten by an infected female sand fly carrying parasites, Kimani said, a patient starts having fever, abdominal swelling, weight loss ...

Leishmaniasis, another vector-borne disease, is transmitted by sand flies and poses significant health risks in many regions. Recent research has focused on understanding the interactions between ...

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 ...

“It was a very sad thing.” Dr. Satoskar now knows that the little boy suffered from the visceral form of Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by sand flies to mammals. Leishmaniasis is the ...

Density of Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Domestic and Wild Animal Shelters in an Area of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Ximenes, Maria de Fátima Freire de ...