Leishmaniasis

This week we highlight talks by Dr David Sacks (National Institutes of Health, USA) which focused on Xenodiagnosis to evaluate transmission dynamics of visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India. After talking…

This week we highlight talks by Dr Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier and Dr David Sacks which focused on anti-leishmania immunity. Dr Tacchini-Cottier gave an interesting lecture on the innate immunity to Leishmania…

Dr Iva Kolarova from Charles University (Czech Republic), gave insights on the “Role of sand flies in Leishmania transmission and immune interactions”. In her talk she highlighted leishmaniasis epidemiology, causative…

15th February, 2018 In response to Leishmania infection CD8+ T cells have been shown to produce IFN-γ, an essential cytokine required for control of infection. However, studies have shown that…

13th September, 2017The Leishmania parasite mostly invades neutrophils and macrophages to establish infection. These innate immune cells have internal circadian clocks which...

30th December, 2016Scientists have shown that the leishmania parasite is able to evade the immune system and cause infection by producing a molecule that binds to a receptor...