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Assessment of Leishmaniasis notification system in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, 1990-1993. [PDF]

, 2001
Using a capture-recapture method, this study evaluates the completeness of the cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) surveillance system in four districts of Santiago del Estero province, Argentina, for the period 1990-1993. Four reporting sources were evaluated:
Yadón, ZE, E L Segura, Z E Yadón, Yadón, Zaida E., L C Rodrigues, Quigley, MA, Davies, CR, Rodrigues, LC, C R Davies, Segura, Elsa L., Segura, Elsa Leonor, Quigley, Maria A., Quigley, Maria, M A Quigley, Rodrigues, Laura C., Davies, Clive R., Segura, EL   +16 more
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Multiple hybrid genotypes of Leishmania (viannia) in a focus of mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis. [PDF]

, 2007
The principal agent of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) is the South American protozoan parasite Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. This organism is generally considered to be clonal, that is, it does not to undergo genetic exchange.
Miles, Michael A, Roncal, Norma, Nolder, Debbie, Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro, Davies, Clive R   +4 more
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Adequacy of nutritional status and dietary intake of adult and elderly patients with American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo)
Objective Patients with American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis often experience malnutrition, weight loss, and dehydration; however, their eating profile and the degree of interference of disease manifestations on food intake is not well understood ...
Analucia Gomes Lopes Oliveira, Camila Senceite-Costa, Raquel de Vasconcellos Carvalhaes Oliveira, Marcelo Rosandisk Lyra, Benivaldo Ramos Ferreira Terceiro, Frederico Pereira Bom-Braga, Maria Inês Fernandes Pimentel, Armando de Oliveira Schubach, Patrícia Dias de Brito, Cláudia Maria Valete   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tegumentary Leishmaniasis Associated With Immune Reconstitution in an HIV Patient-A Case Report. [PDF]

Parasite Immunol
ABSTRACT HIV‐associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) may significantly alter the immunopathological presentation of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL), occasionally causing paradoxical clinical exacerbations. We report the long‐term follow‐up of a 39‐year‐old female coinfected with HIV and disseminated mucocutaneous ...
Xavier MB, Gomes CMC, Sousa RCM, Ishikawa EAY, Brito EB, Müller SFR, Fontes LDS, Brito JAGSM, Alcantara LDS, Corbett CEP.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Transcriptome patterns from primary cutaneous Leishmania braziliensis infections associate with eventual development of mucosal disease in humans. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
INTRODUCTION: Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (LCL) and Mucosal Leishmaniasis (ML) are two extreme clinical forms of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis that usually begin as solitary primary cutaneous lesions.
Ana Claudia Maretti-Mira, Jaime Bittner, Manoel Paes Oliveira-Neto, Minghsun Liu, Dezhi Kang, Huiying Li, Claude Pirmez, Noah Craft   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occurrence of Leishmania infection in the immediate geographic region of Ji-Paraná, Rondônia State, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2021
INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the epidemiology of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the immediate region of Ji-Paraná, Rondônia State. METHODS: Samples and epidemiological data were collected from 105 patients.
Aliny Pontes Almeida, Paula Frassinetti Medeiros de Paulo, Antonio Marques Pereira Júnior, Cinthya de Andrade Gujanwski, Valéria Ferreira, Glaucilene da Silva Costa, Moreno Magalhães de Souza Rodrigues, Ricardo de Godoi Mattos Ferreira, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients: A report of two cases

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2021
Rationale: Co-infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Leishmania spp. has impact on clinical and therapeutic outcomes of leishmaniases.
Camila F Araujo, Iara B N Oliveira, Murilo B Silveira, Fátima Ribeiro-Dias   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cutaneous leishmaniasis.

, 2007
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in the tropics and neotropics. It is often referred to as a group of diseases because of the varied spectrum of clinical manifestations, which range from small cutaneous nodules to gross mucosal tissue destruction ...
Claude Pirmez, Brooker, Simon, Louzir, Hechmi, Louzir, H., Reithinger, R., Jean-Claude Dujardin, Simon Brooker, Reithinger, Richard, Dujardin, Jean-Claude, Dujardin, J. C., Hechmi Louzir, Pirmez, Claude, Alexander, B., Alexander, Bruce, Richard Reithinger, Bruce Alexander, Pirmez, C., Brooker, S.   +17 more
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Treating cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Kabul, Afghanistan: cost-effectiveness of an operational program in a complex emergency setting. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: Although Kabul city, Afghanistan, is currently the worldwide largest focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) with an estimated 67,500 cases, donor interest in CL has been comparatively poor because the disease is non-fatal. Since 1998 HealthNet
Reithinger, Richard, Coleman, Paul G, Reithinger Richard, Richard Reithinger, Coleman Paul G, Paul G Coleman   +5 more
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Leishmanial antigens in the diagnosis of active lesions and ancient scars of American tegumentary leishmaniasis patients

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001
Cutaneous biopsies (n = 94) obtained from 88 patients with American tegumentary leishmaniasis were studied by conventional and immunohistochemical techniques.
Armando Schubach, Tullia Cuzzi-Maya, Albanita V Oliveira, Alexandrina Sartori, Manoel P de Oliveira-Neto, Marise S Mattos, Marcelo Lodi Araújo, Wilson Jacinto S Souza, Fátima Haddad, Maurício de A Perez, Raquel S Pacheco, Hooman Momen, Sérgio G Coutinho, Mauro Célio de Almeida Marzochi, Keyla Belizia Feldman Marzochi, Sylvio Celso Gonçalves da Costa   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source