Dogs infected with the Leishmania parasite smell more attractive to female sand flies than males, say researchers. Leishmania parasites are transmitted from infected dogs to people by sand flies when ...

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The 3-year-old Shih Tzu likely contracted leishmaniasis after being bitten by an infected dog they lived with Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

Visceral leishmaniasis, which is the most severe form of that group of diseases, affects 500,000 people in the world each year. In the most heavily affected areas, the dog population is hit heavily by ...

As spring approaches, you might be considering a trip abroad (and plan to bring your dog with you). Or perhaps you’re soon to adopt a pooch from an animal shelter in another country and have the ...

Once thought to be a danger largely reserved for travelers, a flesh-eating parasite known as Leishmania mexicana is now likely spreading locally through some sand flies native to the southern U.S., a ...

A disfiguring parasitic infection, common in the tropics, has now found a home in Texas and Oklahoma and is expanding its range in the U.S. The parasite, Leishmania mexicana, is transmitted by tiny ...

Dogs infected with the Leishmania parasite smell more attractive to female sand flies than males, say researchers. The study published in PLOS Pathogens is led by Professor Gordon Hamilton of ...

A NEW vaccine against the parasitic disease leishmaniasis not only prevents the disease in dogs, it can cure them too. The experimental vaccine was developed by researchers at the French Institute for ...