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The prolonged epidemic of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kabul, Afghanistan: 'bringing down the neighbourhood'.

, 2003
In order to investigate the distribution and causes of the spread of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in Kabul, Afghanistan, a cross-sectional study was conducted during 1997-98 amongst 75,787 residents in the 13 central districts of the city.
Rowland, Mark, Davies, Clive, Khan, Bismulla, Reyburn, Hugh, Mohsen, Mohammmed   +4 more
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Leishmania major Infection in Humanized Mice Induces Systemic Infection and Provokes a Nonprotective Human Immune Response [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Leishmania (L.) species are the causative agent of leishmaniasis. Due to the lack of efficient vaccine candidates, drug therapies are the only option to deal with cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Uwe Ritter (130470), Schmid, Maximilian, Hanses Frank, Ulrike Schleicher (104689), Frank Hanses, Maximilian Schmid, Florian, Christian, Frank Hanses (148604), Zimara Nicole, Wolfgang Ernst (13060), Wege, Anja Kathrin, Anja Kathrin Wege, Anja Kathrin Wege (148586), Christian Florian, Ernst, Wolfgang, Uwe Ritter, Hanses, Frank, Maximilian Schmid (148609), Florian Christian, Ritter Uwe, Nicole Zimara (148595), Zimara, Nicole, Christian Florian (148590), Schleicher, Ulrike, Ritter, Uwe, Nicole Zimara, Ernst Wolfgang, Schmid Maximilian, Schleicher Ulrike, Wege Anja Kathrin, Wolfgang Ernst, Ulrike Schleicher   +31 more
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Presentation of AIDS with Disseminated Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis in Iran

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2015
Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease in form of visceral (VL), cutaneous (CL), and mucocutaneous (MCL) leishmaniasis. Immunocompromised patients have increased risk of Leishmania infection, especially in endemic areas for visceral leishmaniasis, where
Mohammadali Davarpanah, Masumeh Rassaei, Fatemeh Sari aslani   +2 more
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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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Visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Africa--current status. [PDF]

, 2007
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is among the most neglected of the tropical diseases, afflicting the poorest of the poor. In eastern Africa, VL causes at least 4000 deaths annually, a loss of approximately 385,000 disability-adjusted life years.
Reithinger, Richard, Brooker, Simon, Kolaczinski, Jan H, Kolaczinski, Jan H.   +3 more
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Clinical pattern and treatment outcome of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Somali region, eastern Ethiopia

Skin Health and Disease
Background Neglected tropical diseases, affecting over a billion people, include leishmaniasis, a protozoan parasite found in over 20 species. It is classified into three types: visceral, cutaneous, and muco‐cutaneous leishmaniasis, with cutaneous ...
Abdilahi Ibrahim Muse, Muse Obsiye Ibrahim, Muse Ahmed Ibrahim   +2 more
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Risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis in India: further evidence on the role of domestic animals.

, 2010
OBJECTIVE: Studies investigating risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) on the Indian Subcontinent have shown contradictory results related to the role of domestic animals. In some studies having animals in or around the house was a risk factor, in
Singh, SP, Sundar, S, Singh, RP, Boelaert, M, Malaviya, P, Singh, R. P., Picado, A., Malaviya, P., Picado, A, Hasker, E, Hasker, E., Boelaert, M., Singh, S. P., Gidwani, K, Gidwani, K., Sundar, S.   +15 more
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Evaluation of first generation vaccines against human leishmaniasis and the implication of Leishmanin Skin Test (LST) response in disease prevalence [PDF]

, 2011
This study reports the detailed analysis of the data from ten different clinical trials of first generation prophylactic vaccines (FGV) against leishmaniasis.
Noazin, Sassan
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Knowledge, attitude, prevention practice and lived experience towards cutaneous leishmaniasis and associated factors among residents of Kutaber district, Northeast Ethiopia, 2022: A mixed method study.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundCutaneous leishmaniasis is a widespread parasitic infection in Ethiopia. Few studies have been conducted on knowledge, attitudes, and prevention practice related to cutaneous leishmaniasis, and the existing studies have been mainly without ...
Abebe Kassa Geto, Asmamaw Malede, Mistir Lingerew, Alebachew Bitew Abie, Gete Berihun, Ayechew Ademas, Leykun Berhanu, Genanew Mulugeta Kassaw, Belachew Tekleyohannes Wogayehu, Metadel Adane   +9 more
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis and pregnancy [PDF]

, 2018
We studied a 19-year-old woman, with a 4-month pregnancy who presented with four cutaneous leg ulcers of three months of evolution diagnosed by biopsy as cutaneous leishmaniasis. Direct smear and the leishmanin skin test were negative.
Gerzaín Rodríguez, Rodríguez, Gerzaín, Ángel Jaimes, Jaimes, Ángel   +3 more
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