Survival Analysis in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]
BiomedicinesBackground/Objectives: American Tegumentary leishmaniasis typically presents as a single ulcerative lesion, but atypical clinical forms exist with diverse physiopathology and treatment responses.
José Fabrício de Carvalho Leal +8 more
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Immunopathogenesis of non-healing American cutaneous leishmaniasis and progressive visceral leishmaniasis [PDF]
Seminars in Immunopathology, 2012 The outcomes of Leishmania infection are determined by host immune and nutrition status, parasite species, and co-infection with other pathogens. While subclinical infection and self-healing cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are common, uncontrolled parasite replication can lead to non-healing local lesions or visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
Peter Melby +2 more
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Asymptomatic infection with American cutaneous leishmaniasis: epidemiological and immunological studies [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2016 American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is a major public health problem caused by vector-borne protozoan intracellular parasites from the genus Leishmania, subgenera Viannia and Leishmania.
Fernando J Andrade-Narvaez +3 more
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Transcriptomic and Immunopathological Profiles of Inflammasomes in Different Clinical Forms of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis [PDF]
MicroorganismsHelder I Nakaya +2 more
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Occurrence of two autochthonous cases of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the neighborhood of Caju, city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 American cutaneous leishmaniasis is in full geographic expansion in Brazil and it is considered among the infectious and parasitic diseases of utmost importance worldwide, not only by its frequency, but mainly by therapeutic difficulties, deformities and
Fred Bernardes Filho +5 more
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American cutaneous leishmaniasis: epidemiological profile of patients treated in Londrina from 1998 to 2009 [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2013 BACKGROUND: American cutaneous leishmaniasis is a dermatozoonosis of compulsory notification with relevant morbidity. The disease is considered endemic in northern Paraná.
Rubens Pontello Junior +2 more
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The spiny rat Proechimys guyannensis (Rodentia: Echimydae) fails to respond to intradermal inoculation with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2015 Leishmaniasis a disease of worldwide occurrence is caused by protozoa of the Leishmania genus. In Brazil, Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is the main parasite responsible for the American cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Stela Rechinelli PASSOS +3 more
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Disseminated leishmaniasis: clinical, pathogenic, and therapeutic aspects [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2019 : Disseminated leishmaniasis is a severe and emerging form of American tegumentary leishmaniasis. Disseminated leishmaniasis is defined by the presence of more than 10 polymorphic cutaneous lesions, distributed over more than two noncontiguous parts of ...
Gustavo Uzêda Machado +2 more
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American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2002 Abstract We present 3 cases of American cutaneous leishmaniasis occurring in soldiers of a unit of US Army Rangers who parachuted into the jungles of Panama. Shortly after returning to the United States, these 3 soldiers each developed a crusted, indurated papule, which slowly enlarged during the following 6 weeks.
M A J Michael, Royer, C O L Mark, Crowe
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American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis [PDF]
Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1983 This review outlines the present knowledge of American cutaneous leishmaniasis, a disease which, owing to the increase in international travel, is being seen with increasing frequency in Europe and North America. A knowledge of this disease is of particular importance to the military medical officer as in recent years approximately one-hundred and ...
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