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Nutritional Intake and Chronicity Associated with the Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Role of Vitamin A

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2020
Background: Old world cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is known as a self-healing cutaneous parasitic infection. Host immunity has a fundamental role in the course of this infection. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between nutritional
Vahid MASHAYEKHI GOYONLO, Abdolreza NOROUZY, Mohsen NEMATI, Pouran LAYEGH, Saeed AKHLAGHI, Ahmad Reza TAHERI, Bita KIAFAR   +6 more
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An overview of the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Faculty Reviews, 2020
Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by species of Leishmania, with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations, such as cutaneous, visceral, and mucocutaneous presentations.
Talissa F Garza-Tovar, Marco I Sacriste-Hernández, E. R. Juarez-Duran, R. Arenas   +3 more
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Recurrent cutaneous leishmaniasis [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2013
We present a case of an 18-year-old male patient who, after two years of inappropriate treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis, began to show nodules arising at the edges of the former healing scar. He was immune competent and denied any trauma. The diagnosis of recurrent cutaneous leishmaniasis was made following positive culture of aspirate samples ...
Gomes, Ciro Martins, Damasco, Fabiana dos Santos, Morais, Orlando Oliveira de, Paula, Carmen Dea Ribeiro de, Sampaio, Raimunda Nonata Ribeiro   +4 more
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Clinical, parasitological and molecular profiles of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and its associated factors among clinically suspected patients attending Borumeda Hospital, North-East Ethiopia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis is one of the most neglected tropical diseases increasing in its public health importance. In Ethiopia over 28 million people are living at risk of infection. Method Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted
Habtye Bisetegn, A. Zeleke, E. Gadisa, Girma Shumie, D. Damte, Tiruework Fenta, Sinkinesh Behaksra, A. Bayih   +7 more
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Psoriasis and indigo naturalis as a treatment [PDF]

Reviews in Clinical Medicine, 2014
Psoriasis is an inflammatory and proliferative disease. Psoriasis clinical features vary from plaque-type psoriasis to pustular form. Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease, which affects epidermal keratinocytes.
Mohammad Imani, Mohammad Javad Yazdanpanah, Hoda Azizi, Touba Ahmadzadeh Sani, Mahnaz Banihashemi, Hamid Reza Bahrami-Taghanaki, Mohammad Khajedaluee   +6 more
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Assessment of the Relationship between Human Papilloma Virus Infections and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma [PDF]

Middle East Journal of Cancer, 2020
Background: The relationship between HPV infection and skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) development in immunocompetent individuals is unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the association between HPV infection and skin SCC ...
Mohammad Javad Yazdanpanah, Noorieh Sharifi Sistani, Elnaz Hosseini, Elham Vosoughi, Seyed Saeid Hosseini, Mohammad Khajedaluee, Saeid Amel Jamehdar   +6 more
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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

The Moldovan Medical Journal, 2018
Background: Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by parasites of the Leishmania type. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected worldwide, zoonotic, vector-borne, tropical disease. The clinical spectrum of leishmaniasis ranges from a self-resolving cutaneous ulcer to a mutilating mucocutaneous disease and even to a lethal systemic illness.
Placinta, Gheorghe, Pantea, Victor, Cebotarescu, Valentin, Cojuhari, Lilia, Paveliuc, Petru, Musteata, Tatiana, Panasiuc, Alexandru, Lungu, Victoria, Simonov, Ludmila   +8 more
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Burden and risk factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a peri-urban settlement in Kenya, 2016

PLoS ONE, 2020
Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a neglected disease known to cause significant morbidity among the poor. We investigated a suspected outbreak to determine the magnitude of cases, characterize the cases and identify risk factors of cutaneous ...
I. Ngere, Waqo Gufu Boru, Abdikadir Isack, Joshua Muiruri, Mark Obonyo, S. Matendechero, Zeinab Gura   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of Serum Protein Carbonyl Levels and Total Antioxidant Capacity in Patients With Basal Cell Carcinoma

Acta Medica Iranica, 2023
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Seyed Isaac Hashemy, Ahmad Reza Taheri, Morteza Behnamfard, Mehrdad Teimoorian, Sara Sabouri Rad   +4 more
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Leishmaniasis: new approaches to disease control. [PDF]

, 2003
The leishmaniases afflict the world's poorest populations. Among the two million new cases each year in the 88 countries where the disease is endemic (fig 1), it is estimated that 80% earn less than $2 a day.
Croft, Simon L, Davies, Clive R, Kaye, Paul, Sundar, Shyam   +3 more
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