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Background: Dyslipidemia has been reportedly associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis among psoriatic patients. Dietary intake can be a key factor in the pathophysiology of psoriasis. Herein, we assessed serum lipid profile and dietary intake
Mohammad Javad Yazdanpanah+5 more
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A mosquito larval-pupal survey was conducted in 1,160 households of the Mexican city of Mérida during the rainy season of 2003 to determine their differential productivity for Aedes aegypti.
Che-Medoza, Azael+6 more
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Immunization with antigenic extracts of Leishmania associated with Montanide ISA 763 adjuvant induces partial protection in BALB/c mice against Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis infection [PDF]
Background/Purpose: A proper adjuvant has a relevant role in vaccine formulations to generate an effective immune response. In this study, total Leishmania antigen (TLA) formulated with Montanide ISA 763 or R848 as adjuvants were evaluated as a first ...
Cargnelutti, Diego Esteban+6 more
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Plasma levels of interlukin-4 and Interferon- in patients with chronic or healed cutaneous leishmaniasis [PDF]
Objective(s):In this study, the serum level of interferon-γ (IFN- γ) and interlukin-4 (IL-4) was evaluated as a marker of Th1 and Th2 immune response that influence the clinical course of cutaneous leishmaniasis[r1] .
Ahmad Reza Taheri+4 more
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The purpose of this study was to investigate comparison between oral zinc sulfate and meglumine antimoniate in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). So 100 patients with CL were included and randomly divided into two groups.
Mohamad Javad Yazdanpanah+6 more
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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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Clinical and epidemiological aspects of American cutaneous leishmaniasis with genital involvement, [PDF]
Genital lesions are an unusual presentation of American cutaneous leishmaniasis. Conditions such as disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis and HIV infection may be associated with genital involvement.
Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra+3 more
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Localization of Lupoid Leishmaniasis on the face: A case control study
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+4 more
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Grenander--Stone estimator: stacked constrained estimation of a discrete distribution over a general directed acyclic graph [PDF]
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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Molecular variation in Leishmania parasites from sandflies species of a zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in northeast of Iran [PDF]
Background & objectives: In the well-known zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) focus in Turkmen Sahara, border of Iran and Turkmenistan, ZCL has increased among humans in the past five years.
Parvizi, P.+4 more
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