Contents

### **Preface XI**



### **Section 2 Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis 159**


Patrícia Sampaio Tavares Veras, Deborah Bittencourt Mothé Fraga, Manuela da Silva Solcà and Carlos Eduardo Sampaio Guedes


#### Chapter 16 **Nanoparticle Technology: An alternative approach for Leishmaniasis Treatment 377**

Aldo Eloizo Job, Alexandre Fioravante de Siqueira, Caroline Silva Danna, Felipe Silva Bellucci, Flávio Camargo Cabrera, Leandra Ernst Kerche Silva and Pedro Henrique Benites Aoki

#### Chapter 17 **Treatment and Control of Leishmaniasis Using Photodynamic Therapy 393**

**Section 2 Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis 159**

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**and Phylogenetic Analysis 161**

Guizani and Akila Fathallah-Mili

Chapter 11 **Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis in Children 227**

Chapter 12 **New Advances in the Diagnosis of Canine Visceral**

**Section 3 Prevention and Treatment of Leishmaniasis 275**

**on Volatile Organic Compounds 315**

Chapter 13 **Can Attenuated Leishmania Induce Equally Effective Protection as Virulent Strains in Visceral Leishmaniasis? 277** Joana Cunha, Eugenia Carrillo, Javier Moreno and Anabela

Chapter 14 **Perspectives for Diagnosis and Control of Leishmaniasis Based**

Medeiros Rodrigues and Stella Maria Barrouin-Melo

Chapter 15 **Leishmaniasis: Possible New Strategies for Treatment 351**

Jailson Bittencourt de Andrade, Jairo Torres Magalhães Junior, Paulo Roberto Ribeiro Mesquita, Fábio Santos Oliveira, Frederico de

Alane Beatriz Vermelho, Claudiu T. Supuran, Verônica Cardoso, Dayanne Menezes, Jefferson Rocha de Andrade Silva, Jose Luiz Pinto Ferreira, Ana Claudia Fernandes Amaral and Igor A. Rodrigues

A K M Mamunur Rashid

**Leishmaniasis 239**

Cordeiro-da-Silva

Chapter 8 **Molecular Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis, Species Identification**

Chapter 9 **Non-Invasive Molecular Diagnosis of Canine Visceral**

Chapter 10 **Sporotrichoid Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Central Tunisia: Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects 217**

Constantina N. Tsokana, Labrini V. Athanasiou, George Valiakos, Vassiliki Spyrou, Katerina Manolakou and Charalambos Billinis

Moncef Ben Saïd, Fatma Saghrouni, Yusr Saadi-Ben Aoun, Najet Ghariani, Alia Yaacoub, Henda Ach, Mohamed Denguezli, Ikram

Patrícia Sampaio Tavares Veras, Deborah Bittencourt Mothé Fraga, Manuela da Silva Solcà and Carlos Eduardo Sampaio Guedes

**Leishmaniasis Using Conjunctival Swab Samples 195** Antero Silva Ribeiro de Andrade and Maria Norma Melo

Debora P. Aureliano, Martha S. Ribeiro, José Angelo Lauletta Lindoso, Fabio C. Pogliani, Fábio P. Sellera, Dennis Song and Mauricio S. Baptista


Ernst Kerche Silva

