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Inflammatory response, parasite load and AgNOR expression in ear skin of symptomatic and asymptomatic Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi infected dogs

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2011
The skin has an important role in the transmission of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as the infection pathway in dogs. To better characterize the inflammatory response of intact skin in VL, sixty infected dogs (30 symptomatic and 30 asymptomatic) and six ...
Verçosa BLA, Borges ACJ, Mendes FJM, Costa MLS, Pereira NB, Melo MN, Mendonça IL, Costa FAL, Vasconcelos AC   +8 more
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Incidence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in two Guatemalan communities.

, 2004
The prevalence of human infection by Trypanosoma cruzi was assessed using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in a serological survey in 1998 of 2 rural communities (SMH and PS) in Guatemala.
Davies, C, Lines, J, Monroy, C, Paz-Bailey, G, Rodas, A, Rosales, R, Tabaru, R   +6 more
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Leishmaniose visceral canina em Maricá, Estado do Rio de Janeiro: relato do primeiro caso autóctone Canine visceral leishmaniasis in Maricá, State of Rio de Janeiro: first report of an autochthonous case

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2009
Leishmaniose visceral é uma zoonose de importância em Saúde Pública, onde os cães representam um dos maiores problemas. Este trabalho visa relatar o primeiro caso autóctone da leishmaniose visceral canina no município de Maricá, fornecendo elementos ...
Cíntia Cristiane de Paula, Fabiano Borges Figueiredo, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Eliame Mouta-Confort, Alessandra Bogio, Maria de Fátima Madeira   +5 more
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Infectiousness in a Cohort of Brazilian Dogs: Why Culling Fails to Control Visceral Leishmaniasis in Areas of High Transmission [PDF]

, 2002
The elimination of seropositive dogs in Brazil has been used to control zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis but with little success. To elucidate the reasons for this, the infectiousness of 50 sentinel dogs exposed to natural Leishmania chagasi infection was
Courtenay, O., Dye, C., Garcez, L.M., Quinnell, R.J., Shaw, J.J.   +4 more
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Pancreatic islet transplantation after upper abdominal exeriteration and liver replacement [PDF]

, 1990
Nine patients who became diabetic after upper-abdominal exenteration and liver transplantation were given pancreatic islet-cell grafts obtained from the liver donor (eight cases), a third-party donor (one), or both (four). Two patients were diabetic when
Alejandro, R, Demetris, AJ, Fung, JJ, Mintz, DH, Ricordi, C, Starzl, TE, Todo, S, Tzakis, AG, Zeng, Y   +8 more
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A real-time ITS1-PCR based method in the diagnosis and species identification of Leishmania parasite from human and dog clinical samples in Turkey.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
Human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by L. infantum and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by L. tropica and L. infantum have been reported in Turkey. L.
Seray Ozensoy Toz, Gulnaz Culha, Fadile Yıldız Zeyrek, Hatice Ertabaklar, M Ziya Alkan, Aslı Tetik Vardarlı, Cumhur Gunduz, Yusuf Ozbel   +7 more
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The use of K39 test in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis [PDF]

, 2007
From time to time patients admitted with fever of unknown origin prove to be a diagnostic dilemma. While textbooks describe typical symptoms and signs, and also diagnostic tests, these are not always helpful.
Sciberras, Robert
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One-year timeline kinetics of cytokine-mediated cellular immunity in dogs vaccinated against visceral leishmaniasis [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: The main control strategy for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil has been based on the elimination of seropositive dogs, although this is not widely accepted. In this context, the use of a long-lasting protective vaccine against canine visceral
Bruno H Marteleto, Christiane Costa-Pereira, Kelvinson F Viana, Ludmila M Cardoso, Marcela L Moreira, Michelle H França-Dias, Márcio S S Araújo, Olindo A Martins-Filho, Rodolfo C Giunchetti, Rodrigo P Soares, Vitor M Ribeiro   +10 more
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Epidemiological aspects of Leishmaniasis in the Pantanal region of Mato Grosso

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by the protozoan Leishmania parasite that is disseminated by some species of sandflies and hosted by a variety of reservoirs.
Veruska Nogueira de Brito, Álvaro Felipe de Lima Ruy Dias, Valéria Régia Franco Sousa   +2 more
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Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis through spatial analysis, in Belo Horizonte municipality, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006
The geographic information system approach has permitted integration between demographic, socio-economic and environmental data, providing correlation between information from several data banks.
Carina Margonari, Christian Rezende Freitas, Rosemary Campos Ribeiro, Ana Clara Mourão Moura, Marcos Timbó, Adriano Heckert Gripp, José Eduardo Pessanha, Edelberto Santos Dias   +7 more
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