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Journal of Microscopy, EarlyView.Abstract Kinetoplastid parasites include several species. Trypanosoma brucei causes African sleeping sickness in humans and a wasting disease nagana in livestock. Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease and Leishmania species cause leishmaniasis, which can present with visceral, cutaneous, or mucocutaneous symptoms.
Heidi Anderson +2 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2016 Cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by different species of theLeishmania genus. Leishmania(Leishmania) infantum, causing cutaneous leishmaniasis, has been described in patients living in areas where visceral leishmaniasis is endemic. In this study, it was
Ludiele Souza CASTRO +7 more
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The epidemiology of Leishmania donovani infection in high transmission foci in India.
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is highly prevalent in Bihar, India. India and its neighbours aim at eliminating VL, but several knowledge gaps in the epidemiology of VL may hamper that effort.
Andersen, Elisabeth W +10 more
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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Turkey
Turkish Journal of Parasitology, 2012 Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania protozoon parasites is a disease which is characterized by long-term nodulo-ulcerative lesions healing spontaneously with scarring. The disease has been well-known in Anatolia for centuries and has different names such as; Urfa boil, Antep boil, year boil, Halep boil, oriental sore and beauty scar.
Yusuf Özbel +3 more
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Tropical medicine & international health, 2018 Leishmania major has been considered as the main aetiological agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran. However, there are recent reports about the existence of Crithidia spp in cutaneous lesions in southern Iran.
Nafiseh Ghobakhloo +3 more
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Photochemistry and Photobiology, EarlyView.In this study, we developed giant plasma membrane vesicles (GPMVs) from Leishmania amazonensis promastigote membranes to investigate the role of protein‐embedded membranes in methylene blue (MB) photooxidation. Upon MB photoactivation in model lipid membranes (giant unilamellar vesicles, GUVs), a distinct photooxidation effect was observed, marked by ...
Maressa D. F. de Souza +3 more
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Declining Visceral Leishmaniasis in Malta [PDF]
, 2008 Aims: To study visceral leishmaniasis (VL) trends in Malta. Methods: Analysis of epidemiological and clinical trends, a veterinary questionnaire and questioning a canine laboratory testing facility.
Grech, Victor E., Vella, Cecil
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Multilesional cutaneous leishmaniasis [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2016 A 27-year-old healthy woman presented to the medical centre with a one-month history of widespread skin lesions with slow clinical progression. The lesions appeared on her thighs, shins, lower abdomen and left arm three weeks after she had travelled to an area endemic for Leishmania major ...
Yuval Ramot, Abraham Zlotogorski
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Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction In recent years, the global burden of tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) has significantly increased in the Americas. Objective To estimate the prevalence of TL in South America based on publications from the past 13 years. Methods Three databases were searched, and articles were selected based on inclusion criteria and methodological
Sérgio Caldas +4 more
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Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Negative Microscopic Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Rural Peru. [PDF]
, 2018 Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic to South America where diagnosis is most commonly conducted via microscopy. Patients with suspected leishmaniasis were referred for enrollment by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Lima, Iquitos, Puerto Maldonado, and ...
Alves, Clark +12 more
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