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Occurrence and sociodemographic behavior of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Vicência, Pernambuco, in the period from 2007 to 2014

Semina: Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, 2017
Leishmaniasis is a neglected disease that is among the top five endemic infectious and parasitic diseases of major relevance. The aim of this study was to analyze the frequency, the demographic, and epidemiological profile of the patients with ...
Patrícia Pereira Vasconcelos, Natália Jerônimo de Araújo, Francisca Janaína Soares Rocha   +2 more
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Transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis by sand flies is enhanced by regurgitation of fPPG [PDF]

, 2004
Sand flies are the exclusive vectors of the protozoan parasite Leishmania, but the mechanism of transmission by fly bite has not been determined nor incorporated into experimental models of infection.
Bates, Paul A., Ilg, T., Nikolaev, Andrei V., Ferguson, Michael AJ, Andrei V. Nikolaev, Matthew E. Rogers, Ilg, Thomas, Ferguson, Michael A. J.; id_orcid, Ferguson, M. A. J., Rogers, Matthew E., Ferguson, Michael A J, Paul A. Bates, Michael A. J. Ferguson, Rogers, Matthew E, Thomas Ilg, Bates, Paul, Nikolaev, Andrei V, Bates, Paul A, Nikolaev, A. V.   +18 more
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A Multifaceted Holistic Review of the Literature on Scar Dermatoses

International Wound Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Many cutaneous diseases originate or manifest in scars. Scars are areas of compromised skin, which renders them a vulnerable cutaneous district for diseases to develop. The pathophysiology explaining why some dermatoses grow in scars is not yet thoroughly explored. The present study reviews the present literature on scar dermatoses.
Dana Maria Khoury, Elias El Tayar, Edward Eid, Firas F. Haddad, Ossama Abbas, Mazen Kurban   +5 more
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Evaluation of first generation vaccines against human leishmaniasis and the implication of Leishmanin Skin Test (LST) response in disease prevalence [PDF]

, 2011
This study reports the detailed analysis of the data from ten different clinical trials of first generation prophylactic vaccines (FGV) against leishmaniasis.
Noazin, Sassan
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Leishmaniosis ¿When to Hospitalize?

Kasmera, 2009
Leishmaniasis is an endemic parasitic infectious disease of worldwide distribution. In Venezuela the main characteristics correspond to american tegumentary leishmaniasis (cutaneous l calized, cutaneous-mucous, cutaneous diffuse) and visceral ...
Pedro Navarro, Jorge Riera, Ana Carvajal, Silvya Silva, Luis Colmenares, Haydeé Ríos, Karla Romero, Virginia Coraspe, Marisela Silva, María Antonia De la Parte   +9 more
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Effect of deltamethrin spraying on the sandfly populations in a focus of American cutaneous leismaniasis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1991
The effect of deltamethrin of the sandfly population in a focus of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Viana, Espírito Santo State is desvribed. The phlebotomine population density was determined inside and outside houses during a one year period in a ...
Alda Lima Falcão, Alberto Rocha Falcão, Claudio Teixeira Pinto, Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, Aloísio Falqueto   +4 more
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[American cutaneous leishmaniasis].

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2003
American cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in widespread areas of Latin America. The causative agents include L. (V.) braziliensis, L. (L.) mexicana, L. (V.) panamensis, and related species. The spectrum of disease includes single, localized, cutaneous ulcers, diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis, and mucosal disease. The main reservoirs for L.
Bernardo, Gontijo, Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro, de Carvalho   +1 more
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Visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Africa--current status. [PDF]

, 2007
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is among the most neglected of the tropical diseases, afflicting the poorest of the poor. In eastern Africa, VL causes at least 4000 deaths annually, a loss of approximately 385,000 disability-adjusted life years.
Reithinger, Richard, Brooker, Simon, Kolaczinski, Jan H, Kolaczinski, Jan H.   +3 more
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AMERICAN CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS – CASE SERIES AND A NARRATIVE DISCUSSION OF THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRALESIONAL THERAPY

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) is a neglected disease, endemic in some regions of the state of Paraná, such as the Ribeira Valley and the central and northern regions.
Vitória Arias Zendim, Brenda Camila Reck de Oliveira, Luene Aparecida Silveira Quadros, Bruno Hassunuma Carneiro   +3 more
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The ecology and control of cutaneous Leishmaniasis vectors in the sub-Andean mountainous zone of Huila department, Colombia [PDF]

This thesis describes a series of studies designed to improve our understanding of the transmission cycle of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in the coffee-growing sub-Andean region of Huila department and to explore the use of ...
Pardo Puentes, Raul Hernando
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