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 ...

Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease native to tropical areas, can spread with the bite of infected sand flies. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the most common forms ...

A parasite capable of disfiguring skin may be endemic to the U.S. Leishmaniasis is a condition spread through sand fly bites. It causes people to “develop ulcers on their skin,” that sometimes start ...

The first case of concomitant visceral leishmaniasis and non-ulcerated cutaneous leishmaniasis in the same patient has been reported recently by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos ...

Digital platforms and mobile applications promise to deliver remote specialist care in low-resource settings. Recently, the SkinNTD app was introduced by the World Health Organization (WHO) to train ...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a tropical disease previously unseen in the United States. In the past several years, cases have appeared in states like Texas and Arizona. It can cause lesions on the body, ...

Climate change is bringing diseases once considered tropical afflictions to the United States, and new research warns that a parasite spread by sand flies may be the latest to join this growing list.

Mapping the genomes of the bacteria responsible for yaws, a debilitating childhood disease, has uncovered new insights into ...