How to increase the population of a Phlebotomus perniciosus (Diptera: Psychodidae) colony: a new method Pedro María Alarcón-Elbal; Begoña García Montoliu; Rocío Pinal; Sarah Delacour-Estrella; Ignacio Ruiz-Arrondo; Miguel Ángel Peribáñez; Ignacio De Blas; Ricardo Molina; Juan Antonio Castillo; Lorenzo Diéguez-Fernández; Javier Lucientes PAGE: 731-734 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000600013

An experimental protocol for the establishment of dogs with long-term cellular immune reactions to Leishmania antigens Márcia Cristina Aquino Teixeira; Geraldo Gileno de Sá Oliveira; Patrícia Oliveira Meira Santos; Thiago Campanharo Bahiense; Virginia Maria Goes da Silva; Márcio Silva Rodrigues; Daniela Farias Larangeira; Washington Luis Conrado dos-Santos; Lain Carlos Pontes-de-Carvalho PAGE: 182-189 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000200011

Detection of Leishmania infantum in naturally infected Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) and Canis familiaris in Misiones, Argentina: the first report of a PCR-RFLP and sequencing-based confirmation assay Soraya Alejandra rn Acardi ; Domingo Javier Liotta; rn María Soledad Santini; Carlo Mariano Romagosa; rn Oscar Daniel Salomón PAGE: 796-799 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000600011

 Genetic diversity of Leishmania infantum field populations from Brazil Marcela Segatto; Lucas Secchim Ribeiro; Dorcas Lamounier Costa; Carlos Henrique Nery Costa; Márcia Rosa de Oliveira; Sílvio Fernando Guimarães Carvalho; Andréa Mara Macedo; Helder Magno Silva Valadares; Reynaldo Dietze; Cristiana Ferreira Alves de Brito, Elenice Moreira Lemos PAGE: 39-47 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000100006

In vitro evaluation of new terpenoid derivatives against Leishmania infantum and Leishmania braziliensis  Inmaculada Ramírez-Macías; Clotilde Marín; Rachid Chahboun; Francisco Olmo; Ibtisam Messouri; Oscar Huertas; María Jose Rosales; Ramón Gutierrez-Sánchez; Enrique Alvarez-Manzaneda; Manuel Sánchez-Moreno PAGE: 370-376 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000300012

Specificity of the rapid rK39 antigen-based immunochromatographic test Kalazar Detect® in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil Félix Javier León Molinet, Julia Sonia Ampuero, Rodrigo Diniz Costa, Elza Ferreira Noronha, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero PAGE: 293-296 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108032013006

Leishmania infection and host-blood feeding preferences of phlebotomine sandflies and canine leishmaniasis in an endemic European area, the Algarve Region in Portugal Carla Maia, Lídia Dionísio, Maria Odete Afonso, Luís Neto, José Manuel Cristóvão, Lenea Campino PAGE: 481-487 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108042013014

Canine Experimental Infection: Intradermal Inoculation of Leishmania infantum Promastigotes Gabriela M Santos-Gomes, Lenea Campino, Pedro Abranches PAGE: 193-198

The Metacyclic Stage-expressed Meta-1 Gene is Conserved between Old and New World Leishmania Species Christof Berberich, Marcel Marín, José R Ramírez, Carlos Muskus, Ivan D Vélez PAGE: 819-821

Genes and Chromosomes of Leishmania infantum Jose María Requena, Manuel Soto, Luis Quijada, Carlos Alonso PAGE: 853-858

Sensitivity and specificity of parallel or serial serological testing for detection of canine Leishmania infection Mauro Maciel de Arruda, Fabiano Borges Figueiredo, Andreza Pain Marcelino, José Ronaldo Barbosa, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Elza Ferreira Noronha, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150364

The heterologous expression of Escherichia coli MutT enzyme is involved in the protection against oxidative stress in Leishmania braziliensis Laila de Carvalho Andrade, Ana Maria Murta Santi, Ceres Luciana Alves, Wesley Roger Rodrigues Ferreira, Antônio Vinícius de Assis, Edward Oliveira, Carlos Renato Machado, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760190469

Experimental infection of Phlebotomus perniciosus by bioluminescent Leishmania infantum using murine model and artificial feeder Arnaud Cannet, Mohammad Akhoundi, Gregory Michel, Pierre Marty, Pascal Delaunay PAGE: 495-500 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160100

Lipophosphoglycans from dermotropic Leishmania infantum are more pro-inflammatory than those from viscerotropic strains Camila A Cardoso, Gabriela V Araujo, Carmen M Sandoval, Paula M Nogueira, Concepcion Zúniga, Wilfredo H Sosa-Ochoa, Márcia D Laurenti, Rodrigo P Soares DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200140

First report of putative Leishmania RNA virus 2 (LRV2) in Leishmania infantum strains from canine and human visceral leishmaniasis cases in the Southeast of Brazil Felipe Dutra Rêgo, Eduardo Sérgio da Silva, Valeriana Valadares Lopes, Rafael Gonçalves Teixeira-Neto, Vinícius Silva Belo, Antônio Augusto Fonseca Júnior, Diego Andrade Pereira, Heber Paulino Pena, Márcia Dalastra Laurenti, Gabriela V Araújo, Vânia Lúcia Ribeiro da Matta, Islam Hussein Chouman, Thainá Bergantin Burrin, Carmen M Sandoval, Stella Maria Barrouin-Melo, Flaviane Alves de Pinho, Hélida Monteiro de Andrade, Ramon Vieira Nunes, Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, Vanete Thomaz Soccol, Donnamae Klocek, Danyil Grybchuk, Diego Henrique Macedo, Rubens Lima do Monte-Neto, Vyacheslav Yurchenko, Rodrigo Pedro Soares DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760230071

Understanding the genetic complexity of Leishmania infantum in the Americas: a focus on 3’NT/NU gene deletion Monique Florêncio, Elisa Cupolillo, Mariana Côrtes Boité DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760240160