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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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Domestic dog ownership: a risk factor for human infection with Leishmania (Viannia) species.

, 2003
An epidemiological study has shown that cumulative, village prevalence of Leishmania (Viannia) infection in dogs ranges from 8% to 45% in Huánuco, Peru. Using data from a prospective survey of human American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) collected during
Reithinger, Richard, Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro, Canales Espinoza, Juan, Davies, Clive R   +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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Cutaneous leishmaniasis mimicking inflammatory and neoplastic processes: A clinical, histopathological and molecular study of 57 cases

, 2012
Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis displays considerable variation in its histopathological and clinical presentation. Clinically, it progresses from a papule into a painless ulcerated and crusted nodule-papule.
Houreih M.A., Khalifeh I., Satti M., Yahya L., Saab J., Kibbi A.-G., Khattab R., Loya A., Fedda F., Raslan W., El-Sabban M.   +10 more
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Study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the State of Campeche (Yucatan Peninsula), Mexico, over a period of two year

Salud Pública de México, 2015
Objective. To study cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), in the Calakmul municipality of the Campeche State, during two years. Materials and methods. Individuals with skin lesions were evaluated. Aspirates taken from the lesions were cultured, PCR was performed
Mirsha Pamela Hernández-Rivera, Omar Hernández-Montes, Adelaido Chiñas-Pérez, Juan Miguel Batiza-Avelar, Gustavo Sánchez-Tejeda, Carlos Wong-Ramírez, Amalia Monroy-Ostria   +6 more
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Comparative analysis of the geographic distribution of the histopathological spectrum and Leishmania species of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil Análise comparativa da distribuição geográfica do espectro histopatológico e espécies de Leishmania da leishmaniose tegumentar americana no Brasil

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2012
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the relationship between specific geographical differences and histopathology of the American cutaneous leishmaniasis is limited because host-parasite interactions in space and time are complex.
Linton Wallis Figueiredo Souza, Simone Vilas Trancoso Souza, Ana Cristina Carvalho Botelho   +2 more
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Accelerated healing of cutaneous leishmaniasis in non-healing BALB/c mice using water soluble amphotericin B-polymethacrylic acid. [PDF]

, 2011
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease that causes prominent skin scaring. No water soluble, non-toxic, short course and low cost treatment exists. We developed a new water soluble amphotericin B-polymethacrylic acid (AmB-PMA) using
Müller, Ingrid, Sunil Shaunak, Shaunak, Sunil, Rogers, Matthew, Naresh, Kikkeri, Matthew Rogers, Naresh, K, Teo, I, Mueller, I, Harris, Debra, Debra Harris, Harris, D, Corware, Karina, Shaunak, S, Karina Corware, Kikkeri Naresh, Teo, Ian, Rogers, M, Ian Teo, Ingrid Müller, Corware, K   +20 more
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Sporotrichoid leishmaniasis

Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia
Atypical presentations of cutaneous leishmaniasis include sporotrichoid leishmaniasis (LS), clinically described as a primary ulcer associated with lymphangitis and nodules, with or without ulcerated lesions along its course.
Luan Zorzin, Marcelo R. Lyra, Leonardo P. Quintella   +2 more
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Leishmaniases of the New World from a historical and global perspective, from the 1930s to the 1960s [PDF]

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos
The first autochthonous cases of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in the Americas were described in 1909, but visceral leishmaniasis only erupted as a public health problem in the region in 1934.
Jaime Larry Benchimol
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