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Epidemiology and control of canine leishmaniasis in Peru and Brazil [PDF]

The aims of the work presented in this thesis were two-fold: [i) to investigate whether domestic dogs are important reservoir hosts of ACL in a L. [Viannia]-endemic area where domestic transmission to humans has been reported [Part 1]; and [ii] to ...
Reithinger, Richard
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Visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Africa--current status. [PDF]

, 2007
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is among the most neglected of the tropical diseases, afflicting the poorest of the poor. In eastern Africa, VL causes at least 4000 deaths annually, a loss of approximately 385,000 disability-adjusted life years.
Reithinger, Richard, Brooker, Simon, Kolaczinski, Jan H, Kolaczinski, Jan H.   +3 more
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Enhanced Detection of Leishmania Parasites in Microscopic Images Using Machine Learning Models

Sensors
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that poses significant diagnostic challenges due to the variability of results and reliance on operator expertise.
Michael Contreras-Ramírez, Jhonathan Sora-Cardenas, Claudia Colorado-Salamanca, Clemencia Ovalle-Bracho, Daniel R. Suárez   +4 more
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Effect of Prophylactic Vaccination with the Membrane-Bound Acid Phosphatase Gene of Leishmania mexicana in the Murine Model of Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Journal of Immunology Research, 2021
Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite of the genus Leishmania. Current treatments for leishmaniasis are long, toxic, and expensive and are not available in some endemic regions.
María Angélica Burgos-Reyes, Lidia Baylón-Pacheco, Patricia Espíritu-Gordillo, Silvia Galindo-Gómez, Víctor Tsutsumi, José Luis Rosales-Encina   +5 more
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Effects of qinghaosu (artemisinin) and its derivatives on experimental cutaneous leishmaniasis

Parasitology, 1993
SUMMARYWe have investigated the effect of qinghaosu (QHS, artemisinin) and its derivatives onLeishmania majorreplicationin vitroand on the disease development in mice infected withL. major. Artemisinin is effective against promastigotesin vitro, with an ED50(50% effective dose) at 7.5 × 10−7m.
D M, Yang, F Y, Liew
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Exploring the Nutraceutical Potential of Achillea millefolium L.: Phytochemical Composition, Biological Activities, and Industrial Applications

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
Achillea millefolium Linn., commonly known as yarrow, is an extraordinary medicinal plant. A. millefolium has broad therapeutic potential due to its phytochemistry and essential oil composition. It possesses pharmacological properties, including antidiabetic, antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, liver‐protective, antimicrobial, and gastroprotective effects,
Tooba Majeed, Muhammad Tauseef Sultan, Ahmad Mujtaba Noman, Hassan Raza, Hagar M. Mohamed, Nimra Anees, Muhammad Imran, Muzzamal Hussain, Gamal A. Mohamed, Sabrin R. M. Ibrahim, Entessar Al Jbawi, Ehab M. Mostafa, Samy Selim, Ayman Salama, Mohamed A. Abdelgawad   +14 more
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Leishmaniasis in rheumatoid arthritis

Reumatismo, 2011
Leishmaniasis represents a complex of diseases with an important clinical and epidemiological diversity. Visceral leishmaniasis is of higher priority than cutaneous leishmaniasis as it is a fatal disease in the absence of treatment. The clinical spectrum
M. Cutolo, M.E. Secchi, C. Pizzorni
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Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Gaza Strip: Epidemiological Drivers, Health System Disruptions, and Global Implications: A Narrative Review

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims The Gaza Strip has faced prolonged blockade, recurrent military conflicts, and systemic infrastructure collapse since October 2023, resulting in an unprecedented public health crisis characterized by surging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Nima Farhadi, Aref Yarahmadi, Hamed Afkhami   +2 more
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Prevalence of Leishmania spp. infection in domestic dogs in Chapare, Bolivia. [PDF]

, 2011
Data on Leishmania spp. infection in dogs in Bolivia is scarce. Dogs from an area where 90% of human cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) cases are due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis were screened for Leishmania infection using established enzyme-linked ...
Reithinger, Richard, Mary Cruz Torrico, Parrado, Rudy, Garcia, Ana Lineth, Delgado, Raúl, Richard Reithinger, Torrico, Mary Cruz, Ana Lineth Garcia, Rojas, Ernesto, Rudy Parrado, Ernesto Rojas, Raúl Delgado   +11 more
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Nota sobre infecção natural de Oryzomys capito laticeps em foco enzoótico de leishmaniose tegumentar no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil Natural infection of Oryzomys capito laticeps in enzootic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in S. Paulo State, Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1973
Assinala-se o isolamento de cepa de Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis em exemplar de Oryzomys capito laticeps capturado em foco enzoótico do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil.
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini, Dino B. G. Pattoli, Ernesto Xavier Rabello, Octávio Alves Ferreira   +3 more
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