Pharmaceuticals and vector-control programmes have greatly diminished the once-widespread disease, but sustained effort will ...

[51] The parasite infects its host then starts dividing ... 2092 Tunis, Tunisia Most protozoan parasitic diseases have no known cure. The relatively recent discovery of aquaporins (AQP) has ...

Tritrichomonas foetus (Tritric) is a microscopic menace that can turn a household into a battleground of chronic illness.

The National Veterinary Research Institute in Poland reports the first molecular detection of Sarcocystis miescheriana in a condemned pig carcass in that country. The research confirms only the fourth ...

AQPs in parasitic protozoa are important for their invasion ... The next 5 years will witness more research on protein structures of parasite aquaporins leading to novel and improved therapeutic ...

A systematic gene deletion screen targeting all predicted transmembrane transporters of the protozoan parasite Leishmania identified forty mutants that had a significant loss of fitness in ...

The researchers synthesized a molecule inspired by a substance present in Nectandra leucantha (canela-seca or canela-branca). Animal trials have produced promising results.

Kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis, a deadly neglected tropical disease, can be better treated using a compound derived from ...

Based on analyses of antigen genes of the field isolates of the parasites, the project is also attempting to develop simple and rapid diagnostic kits, and aims to collect research resources of use in ...