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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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have surveyed the environmentally protected area in Campinas, Southeastern Brazil, which has undergone several changes by human action, especially the implementation of condominiums, and ...

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 ...

Health officials are worried that a deadly flesh-eating parasite could start being spread from pet dogs to people in the US. Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease carried by sand flies that, until now, ...

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.

A tropical disease once seen almost exclusively among Americans returning from travel abroad now has a unique U.S. strain. Health officials warn that a related, deadlier parasite seen in other ...

In the past, leishmaniasis -- a parasitic infection that can be fatal in humans -- has been confined to rural areas of the developing world. More recently, however, epidemics have occurred in urban ...

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 ...