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American cutaneous leishmaniasis in domestic dogs: an example of the use of the polymerase chain reaction for mass screening in epidemiological studies. [PDF]

, 2002
Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) are firmly incriminated as reservoir hosts of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis. As an increasing number of studies have reported high infection rates with American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in dogs, it is suggested ...
Reithinger, R, Davies, CR
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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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Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan. [PDF]

, 2003
A prevalence survey in Kabul City showed that 2.7% and 21.9% of persons have active leishmaniasis lesions or scars, respectively. Incidence of disease was estimated to be 2.9% (29 cases/1,000 persons per year; 95% confidence interval 0.018 to 0.031 ...
Reithinger, Richard, Panna Erasmus, Erasmus, Panna, Coleman, Paul G, Aadil, Khoksar, Paul G. Coleman, Sidiqi, Majeed, Mohsen, Mohammad, Richard Reithinger, Majeed Sidiqi, Mohammad Mohsen, Khoksar Aadil   +11 more
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Predicting geographic variation in cutaneous leishmaniasis, Colombia. [PDF]

, 2004
Approximately 6,000 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis are reported annually in Colombia, a greater than twofold increase since the 1980s. Such reports certainly underestimate true incidence, and their geographic distribution is likely biased by local ...
King, Raymond J, Diarmid H. Campbell-Lendrum, Clive R. Davies, Raymond J. King, Campbell-Lendrum, Diarmid H, Davies, Clive R   +5 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, Sundar, Shyam, Davies, Clive R., Croft, Simon L., Kaye, Paul, Davies, Clive R   +5 more
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Indoor and peridomestic transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in northwestern Argentina: a retrospective case-control study. [PDF]

, 2003
A case-control study was carried out during 1990-1994 to identify risk factors associated with American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
Quigley, Maria A, Yadon, ZE, A. Quigley, MARIA A. QUIGLEY, Yadon, Zaida E, Quigley, MA, Rodrigues, LC, Davies, CR, Laura C. Rodrigues, Davies, Clive R, Zaida E. Yadon, Quigley, Maria, Clive R. Davies, Rodrigues, Laura C, Maria   +14 more
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Risk factors for anthroponotic cutaneous Leishmaniasis at the household level in Kabul, Afghanistan. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Kabul, Afghanistan, is the largest focus of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in the world. ACL is a protozoan disease transmitted to humans by the bite of phlebotomine sand flies.
Reithinger, Richard, Mohsen Mohammad, Leslie, Toby, Reithinger Richard, Mohsen, Mohammad, Richard Reithinger, Leslie Toby, Toby Leslie, Mohammad Mohsen   +8 more
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Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis

Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition), 2021
Leishmaniasis is a chronic disease caused by flagellate protozoa of the genus Leishmania. It is a global disease, but most cases are seen in South America, the Mediterranean, and some areas of Asia and Africa. The 3 main types of leishmaniasis are cutaneous (the most common), mucocutaneous, and visceral (the most severe). Visceral leishmaniasis is also
I, Abadías-Granado, A, Diago, P A, Cerro, A M, Palma-Ruiz, Y, Gilaberte   +4 more
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Short communication: The cost-effectiveness of cutaneous leishmaniasis patient management during an epidemic in Chaparral, Colombia in 2004. [PDF]

, 2007
We calculated ranges for the cost per disability adjusted life year (DALY) averted for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) treatment during an ongoing epidemic of CL in Chaparral, Colombia.
Mercedes Del Pilar Mahecha, Juan Carlos Vega, Del Pilar Mahecha, Mercedes, Vega, Juan Carlos, Reithinger, Richard, Ángela Rocío Baron, Rafael Montaña, Montaña, Rafael, Sanchez, Boris Fernando, Montero, Luz Mery, Baron, Angela Rocío, Boris Fernando Sanchez, Bladimir Dueñes, Richard Reithinger, Luz Mery Montero, Dueñes, Bladimir   +15 more
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A rare form of leishmaniasis, identified in the Russian Federation [PDF]

Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii, 2023
Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis is a rare form of cutaneous leishmaniasis characterized by an inadequate immune response of the host cells to parasitic invasion (weak T-helper (Th)1 response or Th2 response with the production of interleukin IL-4 and IL ...
Olga G. Artamonova, Ekaterina S. Monchakovskaya, Alexey A. Kubanov, Margarita R. Rakhmatulina, Oleg E. Kuznetsov, Darya A. Synkova, Dmitry A. Verbenko   +6 more
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