Local increase of arginase activity in lesions of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 BackgroundCutaneous leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease that is in Ethiopia mainly caused by the parasite Leishmania aethiopica. This neglected tropical disease is common in rural areas and causes serious morbidity.
Tamrat Abebe +13 more
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis and pregnancy [PDF]
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 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.
Ángel Jaimes, Gerzaín Rodríguez
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Role of magnetic Field in the Healing of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Lesions in Mice [PDF]
Archives of Razi Institute, 2020 Leishmaniasisis an important tropical cutaneous disease that is endemic in the Middle East, including Iran. There is no consensus on the appropriate therapeutic method, dose, and duration for this disease.
M. Dastgheib +4 more
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Bayesian geostatistical modeling of leishmaniasis incidence in Brazil [PDF]
, 2013 Leishmaniasis is endemic in 98 countries with an estimated 350 million people at risk and approximately 2 million cases annually. Brazil is one of the most severely affected countries.; We applied Bayesian geostatistical negative binomial models to ...
Dimitrios-Alexios Karagiannis-Voules (411801) +14 more
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Topical treatment of experimental cutaneous leishmaniasis in golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) with formulations containing pentamidine [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2017 Current treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) relies mainly on pentavalent antimonials salts and second-line drugs include pentamidine and amphotericin B, but these therapies have side effects and require parenteral administration.
Claudia Dantas COMANDOLLI-WYREPKOWSKI +6 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 +5 more
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Ursolic Acid Potentializes Conventional Therapy in Experimental Leishmaniasis
Pathogens, 2020 Ursolic acid (UA) is a triterpene with a broad array of pharmacological activities. In leishmaniasis, UA killed different species of parasites, and it was active in the experimental model of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis.
Jéssica Adriana Jesus +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 +14 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2013 SUMMARY The clinical outcome of infection with Leishmania species of the subgenus Viannia in hamster model (Mesocricetus auratus) has shown to be different depending on experimental protocol.
Angela Maria Gomez-Galindo +1 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 +5 more
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