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FIRST REPORT OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS CAUSED BY Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi IN AN URBAN AREA OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2015
SUMMARY American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is an infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, and transmitted by sandflies. In the state of Rio de Janeiro, almost all of the cases of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) are ...
Marcelo Rosandiski LYRA, Maria Inês Fernandes PIMENTEL, Maria de Fátima MADEIRA, Liliane de Fátima ANTONIO, Janine Pontes de Miranda LYRA, Aline FAGUNDES, Armando de Oliveira SCHUBACH   +6 more
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Agrarian counterpoint

American Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 171-182, May 2026.
Abstract In Colombia's northeastern borderlands, agrarian economies shape how disease risk and stigma are understood and managed. As shown in ethnographic fieldwork in and around the Catatumbo region, cutaneous leishmaniasis—a sandfly‐transmitted disease that produces chronic skin lesions—appears in two radically different guises across adjacent ...
Javier Lezaun, Lina Pinto‐García
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Epidemiology and control of canine leishmaniasis in Peru and Brazil [PDF]

The aims of the work presented in this thesis were two-fold: [i) to investigate whether domestic dogs are important reservoir hosts of ACL in a L. [Viannia]-endemic area where domestic transmission to humans has been reported [Part 1]; and [ii] to ...
Reithinger, Richard
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The role of leishmania proteophosphoglycans in sand fly transmission and infection of the Mammalian host. [PDF]

, 2012
Leishmania are transmitted by the bite of their sand fly vector and this has a significant influence on the virulence of the resulting infection. From our studies into the interaction between parasite, vector, and host we have uncovered an important ...
Rogers, Matthew E, Matthew Edward Rogers, Matthew E. Rogers   +2 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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DNA identification of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in human saliva from a patient with American cutaneous leishmaniasis

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2011
This study aims to report the amplification of the DNA of Leishmania (V.) braziliensis, using polymerase chain reaction, obtained from the saliva of a patient with American cutaneous leishmaniasis who did not present any lesion in the oral mucosa ...
FH Corvalan, RNR Sampaio, YM Brustoloni, R Andreotti, MSC Lima Júnior   +4 more
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Leishmania isoenzyme polymorphisms in Ecuador: Relationships with geographic distribution and clinical presentation

, 2006
Background: Determinants of the clinical presentation of the leishmaniases are poorly understood but Leishmania species and strain differences are important.
Cooper Philip J, Masataka Korenaga, Marco Jorge D, Korenaga, Masataka, Rodrigo X Armijos, Hirotomo Kato, Paola A Barroso, Kato Hirotomo, Korenaga, M, Gomez, EA, Calvopina Manuel, Kato, Hirotomo, Hiroshi Uezato, Barroso, Paola A., Armijos, Rodrigo X., Cooper, PJ, Yoshihisa Hashiguchi, Shigeo Nonaka, Nonaka Shigeo, Gomez Eduardo A, Manuel Calvopina, Marco, Jorge D., Kato, H, Barroso Paola A, Mimori, Tatsuyuki, Armijos, RX, Hashiguchi, Y, Nonaka, Shigeo, Eduardo A Gomez, Calvopina, M, Marco, JD, Korenaga Masataka, Tatsuyuki Mimori, Uezato, H, Jorge D Marco, Gomez, Eduardo A., Calvopina, Manuel, Mimori Tatsuyuki, Manuel Calvopina, Uezato Hiroshi, Cooper, Philip J., Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa, Mimori, T, Philip J Cooper, Nonaka, S, Uezato, Hiroshi, Armijos Rodrigo X, Barroso, PA, Hashiguchi Yoshihisa   +48 more
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Socioenvironmental aspects of the Purus Region - Brazilian Amazon: Why relate them to the occurrence of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis?

PLoS ONE, 2019
This study aims to analyze factors related to the occurrence of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in the Purus Region, based on the reporting of cases between 2001 and 2013, correlating them with livelihoods and subsistence farming in the region, and ...
Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra, Zanair Soares Vasconcelos, Nayra da Silva Freitas, Fernanda Rodrigues Fonseca, Rubens Celso Andrade da Silva Júnior, Arineia Soares da Silva, Vanderson Sampaio, Marcel Gonçalves Maciel, Melissa de Sousa Melo Cavalcante, Bernardino Cláudio de Albuquerque, Gilton Mendes Dos Santos, Luiza Garnelo   +12 more
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Macrophage Polarization in the Skin Lesion Caused by Neotropical Species of Leishmania sp

Journal of Immunology Research, 2021
Macrophages play important roles in the innate and acquired immune responses against Leishmania parasites. Depending on the subset and activation status, macrophages may eliminate intracellular parasites; however, these host cells also can offer a safe ...
Carmen M. Sandoval Pacheco, Gabriela V. Araujo Flores, Kadir Gonzalez, Claudia M. de Castro Gomes, Luiz F. D. Passero, Thaise Y. Tomokane, Wilfredo Sosa-Ochoa, Concepción Zúniga, Jose Calzada, Azael Saldaña, Carlos E. P. Corbett, Fernando T. Silveira, Marcia D. Laurenti   +12 more
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Vector‐borne diseases‐knowledge maps

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract This scientific report provides a structured overview of the main characteristics of 25 selected vector‐borne diseases (VBDs) of potential relevance for the EU, including 12 diseases listed under the Animal Health Law (AHL) and 13 non‐listed diseases.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Sofie Dhollander, Ieva Baltusyte, Fabio Bigoni, Alessandro Broglia, Jordi Figuerola, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Miguel Angel Chueca Miranda   +7 more
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