About 30 years ago, scientists discovered the two species of single-cell parasites that cause VL, Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum, made the same lipid sterol, called ergosterol ...
Leishmania donovani is a human blood parasitic protozoa that causes three different types of leishmaniasis. Leishamniasis can affect the spleen, liver and bone marrow. Current leishmaniasis treatments ...
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe infectious disease caused by a protozoan parasite: Leishmania donovani in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent and Leishmania infantum in Latin America ...