Creole scientists develop project to cure Leishmaniasis

Published at: 02/01/2025 04:34 PM

Venezuelan scientists are working on a project for the development of nanoemulsions to treat leishmaniasis in the country.

According to Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), this project is led by Dr. José Vicente Scorza Dagert, he has an outstanding work in the development of nanoemulsions to treat this type of parasitosis, where a drug that is a compound called Ulamine is administered, in honor of the University of the Andes.

According to the World Health Organization in the Americas, leishmaniasis is zoonotic and vector-borne diseases with a complex transmission cycle that does involve a great diversity of parasites, reservoirs and vectors. They are caused by different protozoan species of the genus Leishmania and are transmitted to animals and humans through the bites of insects of the Psychodidae family.

In the Region, 15 of the 22 Leishmania species pathogenic to humans have been identified and about 54 different vector species are potentially involved in transmission.

The parasite is transmitted through the bite of female sandfly insects of the Phlebotominae subfamily, popularly known as “chiclera, white grass, moth, straw mosquito and torito”, among others. This insect is active at night when it inoculates humans and animals with the parasite through its bite.

Mazo News Team