Leishmaniasis is a tropical disease affecting a growing number of people worldwide. Each year, between 700,000 and 1 million new cases are reported. Caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus ...

Researchers in developing countries are trying to find treatments for conditions that affect the poorest people. But the system is stacked against their therapies. By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen, ...

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 ...

A rare disease spread by the bite of sandflies could be on the rise in the US. Previously associated with traveling to tropical regions like India and Central America, cutaneous leishmaniasis appears ...

State health officials have tracked more than 100 cases of a parasitic disease transmitted by sandflies. The Texas Department of State Health Services found cases of leishmaniasis, which can be fatal.

HOUSTON — We’re all too familiar with mosquitos here in Texas, but there’s another bloodsucker that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants you to know about. We're talking about sand ...

These natural compounds were isolated from a marine sponge species (Theonella sp.) in Okinawa and then shown to have potent activity against the Leishmania major parasite, which often causes a ...