Molecular prevalence of Dirofilaria sp. hongkongensis, among the dog population in Thiruvananthapuram, India.

Human dirofilariasis is an emerging vector-borne zoonotic parasitic disease in India. Humans are accidental hosts. Symptomatic dirofilariasis, although uncommon is typically manifested in humans as pulmonary, ocular, or subcutaneous nodules.

Genetic diversity of Leishmania donovani causing visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Western Ghats, India.

The visceral and atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis (VL and CL) caused by Leishmania donovani is an emerging infectious disease in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India. In this study, L. donovani specific kinetoplast minicircle DNA (k-DNA) sequence analysis was conducted to ascertain the genetic variability among the L.