The Scientist : Sand fly saliva spits out Leishmania vaccine [7/8/2001]

Sand fly saliva spits out Leishmania vaccine

Email: David Bruce - david.bruce@biomedcentral.com
News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010807-03

7 August 2001

Leishmaniasis is a protozoon parasitic infection transmitted by sand flies that infects up to 2 million people worldwide annually. If left untreated it can cause considerable cutaneous scarring and soft tissue destruction, and visceral leishmaniasis can be fatal. Current treatment regimes involve the administration of drugs, but so far the disease has evaded attempts to develop a vaccine against it.

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