Leishmaniasis: First-ever vaccine could ‘stop Leishmania infections before they start’

As scientists scramble to get a Zika virus vaccine into human trials by the end of the summer, a team of researchers is working on the first-ever vaccine to prevent another insect-borne disease - Leishmaniasis - from gaining a similar foothold in the Americas. Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection passed on through the bite of ["]