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Short communication: The cost-effectiveness of cutaneous leishmaniasis patient management during an epidemic in Chaparral, Colombia in 2004.

, 2007
We calculated ranges for the cost per disability adjusted life year (DALY) averted for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) treatment during an ongoing epidemic of CL in Chaparral, Colombia.
Mercedes Del Pilar Mahecha, Juan Carlos Vega, Del Pilar Mahecha, Mercedes, Vega, Juan Carlos, Reithinger, Richard, Ángela Rocío Baron, Rafael Montaña, Montaña, Rafael, Sanchez, Boris Fernando, Montero, Luz Mery, Baron, Angela Rocío, Boris Fernando Sanchez, Bladimir Dueñes, Richard Reithinger, Luz Mery Montero, Dueñes, Bladimir   +15 more
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Leishmaniose tegumentar americana: apresentação pouco comum American tegumentary leishmaniasis: an unusual presentation

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2008
Relata-se caso de leishmaniose tegumentar americana com lesões proeminentes na face. Os critérios diagnósticos incluíram dados clínicos e epidemiológicos, intradermorreação de Montenegro, identificação de Leishmania pela reação em cadeia da polimerase e ...
Antonio Carlos Martins Guedes, Maria de Lourdes R. de Carvalho, Maria Norma Melo   +2 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).
Lynn, Soong, Calvin A, Henard, Peter C, Melby   +2 more
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Exploring the Nutraceutical Potential of Achillea millefolium L.: Phytochemical Composition, Biological Activities, and Industrial Applications

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
Achillea millefolium Linn., commonly known as yarrow, is an extraordinary medicinal plant. A. millefolium has broad therapeutic potential due to its phytochemistry and essential oil composition. It possesses pharmacological properties, including antidiabetic, antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, liver‐protective, antimicrobial, and gastroprotective effects,
Tooba Majeed, Muhammad Tauseef Sultan, Ahmad Mujtaba Noman, Hassan Raza, Hagar M. Mohamed, Nimra Anees, Muhammad Imran, Muzzamal Hussain, Gamal A. Mohamed, Sabrin R. M. Ibrahim, Entessar Al Jbawi, Ehab M. Mostafa, Samy Selim, Ayman Salama, Mohamed A. Abdelgawad   +14 more
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Leishmaniases in Bolivia: comprehensive review and current status. [PDF]

, 2009
The leishmaniases are protozoan, zoonotic diseases transmitted to human and other mammal hosts by the bite of phlebotomine sandflies. Bolivia has the highest incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Latin America (LA), with 33 cases per 100,000 ...
Delgado, R., Parrado, Rudy, Delgado, Raúl, García, A. L., García, Ana L, Reithinger, R., Rojas, E., Delgado, Ra\ufal, Reithinger, Richard, Dujardin, Jean-Claude, Dujardin, J. C., Parrado, R., Rojas, Ernesto, Garc\ueda, Ana L.   +13 more
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Cell membrane‐coated nanoparticles for dermatological diseases

VIEW, Volume 7, Issue 3, June 2026.
Skin disorders are challenging to treat due to complex barrier functions and limited conventional therapies. Biomimetic cell membrane‐coated nanoparticles (CM‐NPs) offer a superior nanomedicine approach by evading immune detection and enabling precise targeting.
Shuaijun Zou, Baojie Zhang, Yuanjie Zhu
wiley   +1 more source

American cutaneous leishmaniasis in a northeast Brazilian city: clinical and epidemiological features

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION This study characterized the clinico-epidemiological profile of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) cases in Barbalha, Ceará State, Brazil.
Cícero Roberto Pinheiro Grangeiro Júnior, João Vitor Cândido Pimentel, Antonio Gilvan Teixeira Júnior, Aline Felipe de Jesus, Thaila Cristhina Fernandes Galvão, Lorenza Andrés Almeida de Souza, Maria do Socorro Vieira Gadelha, Kécia Silva Damasceno, Modesto Leite Rolim Neto, Marcos Antonio Pereira de Lima, Vânia Barbosa do Nascimento, Cláudio Gleidiston Lima da Silva   +11 more
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Canine Leishmaniasis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2000–2015): Taxonomic Characterisation of Etiological Agents and Geospatial Case Analysis

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 73, Issue 4, Page 314-325, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Canine Leishmaniasis is a vector‐borne zoonotic disease caused by several species of protozoa of the genus Leishmania. In the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Leishmania braziliensis is the most prevalent species causing tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) and Leishmania infantum is the main causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
Luciana de Freitas Campos Miranda, Laryssa Fabiano do Rosário Coelho, Samanta Cristina das Chagas Xavier, Artur Augusto Velho Mendes Junior, Renan Nunes Albuquerque, Aline Fagundes da Silva, Andreza Pain Marcelino, Fernanda Nunes Santos, Sandro Antonio Pereira, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Armando de Oliveira Schubach   +10 more
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American cutaneous leishmaniasis: use of a skin test as a predictor of relapse after treatment

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000
While relapses following clinical cure of American cutaneous leishmaniasis are frequent, no test has been described until now to predict such relapses.
Valéria M.A. Passos, Sandhi M. Barreto, Alvaro J. Romanha, Antoniana U. Krettli, Ângela C. Volpini, Maria Fernanda F. Lima e Costa   +5 more
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Analysis of the specificity of human antibodies to antigens of Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1989
The antigenicity of promastigotes of Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis (L. b.braziliensis) treated with 1% sodium desoxycholate in 10 mM Tris-Hcl pH 8.2 was analysed by immunoblot using as probes sera from American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL ...
Aoi Masuda, Sueli Fátima do Nascimento, Carmem Silvia Guerra, Gláucia da Silva Paranhos, Antonio Walter Ferreira   +4 more
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