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Localization of Lupoid Leishmaniasis on the face: A case control study

JEADV Clinical Practice
Background In Lupoid Leishmaniasis, erythematous to brown papules often occur around a central old scar, which can expand over time. For unclear reasons, these lesions tend to develop on the facial area.
Mohammad J. Yazdanpanah, Rosita Moradpour, Ahmad R. Taheri, Habibollah Esmaily, Omalbanin Afroushteh   +4 more
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Using Q-methodology to understand the perspectives and practical experiences of dermatologists about treatment difficulties of cutaneous leishmaniasis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background During the outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq that started in 2015, the course of the disease and the treatment were not consistent with the available literature.
Dindar S. Qurtas, Nazar Pauls Shabila
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Grenander--Stone estimator: stacked constrained estimation of a discrete distribution over a general directed acyclic graph [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
In this paper we integrate isotonic regression with Stone's cross-validation-based method to estimate a distribution with a general countable support with a partial order relation defined on it. We prove that the estimator is strongly consistent for any underlying distribution, derive its rate of convergence, and in the case of one-dimensional support ...
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Household knowledge, practice and treatment seeking behaviors towards cutaneous leishmaniasis in the endemic rural communities of Ganta- afeshum district, Tigrai, northern Ethiopia, 2019: a cross-sectional study

Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 2021
Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic to Ethiopia. However, the prevention and control efforts of leishmaniasis remain unfocused with clear knowledge and practice gaps within the country.
Kebede Tesfay, Fitsum Mardu, Brhane Berhe, Hadush Negash, Haftom Legese, Gebre Adhanom, Getachew Belay, Aderajew Gebrewahid, Shinesh Tesfay, Zenawi Hagos Gufue   +9 more
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Local therapies in cutaneous leishmaniasis: a review study

مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند, 2020
Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis (OWCL) is a relatively common parasitic infection that is among endemic diseases in many regions worldwide, particularly in Iran. Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica species with over 500,000 and 400,000 annual cases
Sadegh Vahabi-Amlashi, Faezeh Taghavi, Ahmad Reza Taheri   +2 more
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'We do not rush to the hospital for ordinary wounds (suḷu tuvāla)': A qualitative study on the early clinical manifestations of cutaneous leishmaniasis and associated health behaviours in rural Sri Lanka.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundKnowledge of early clinical manifestations, people's perceptions and behaviours is crucial in preventing and controlling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
Sonali Dinushika Gunasekara, Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe, Suneth Buddhika Agampodi, Manoj Sanjeewa Fernando, Kosala Gayan Weerakoon, Chandani Liyanage, Lisa Dikomitis, Thilini Chanchala Agampodi   +7 more
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A National Survey: Desire of Dermatology Residents to Train in Cosmetic Dermatology and Its Association With Learning Medical Dermatology

Acta Medica Iranica, 2018
The main challenge for training in cosmetic dermatology is the difference in the attitudes of residency programs and residents about the necessity and amount of education during the residency period.
Bita Kiafar, Yalda Nahidi, Negar Morovatdar, Masoud Maleki, Mehrdad Teimoorian, Kiarash Ghazvini, Sadegh Vahabi   +6 more
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Differential effects of antigens from L. braziliensis isolates from disseminated and cutaneous leishmaniasis on in vitro cytokine production

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2006
Background Disseminated leishmaniasis is an emerging infectious disease, mostly due to L. braziliensis, which has clinical and histopathological features distinct from cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Guimarães Luiz, Ho John L, de Jesus Amélia, Giudice Angela, Schriefer Albert, Almeida Roque P, Machado Paulo RL, Leopoldo Paulo TG, Bacellar Olívia, Carvalho Edgar M   +9 more
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Transient superdiffusion and long-range correlations in the motility patterns of trypanosomatid flagellate protozoa [PDF]

PLoS ONE 11(3): e0152092 (2016), 2016
We report on a diffusive analysis of the motion of flagellate protozoa species. These parasites are the etiological agents of neglected tropical diseases: leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania braziliensis, African sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucei, and Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi.
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Canine cutaneous leishmaniasis [PDF]

Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 2014
Canine cutaneous leishmaniasis (CCL) is a significant veterinary problem. Infected dogs also serve as parasite reservoirs and contribute to human transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Histologically, the lesions were nodular to diffuse interstitial granulomatous dermatitis with histiocytic pseudorosettes together with numerous amastigotes within ...
D. Shirani, Farhang Sasani, Javad Javanbakht, Reza Omani Samani   +3 more
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