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Agrarian counterpoint

American Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 171-182, May 2026.
Abstract In Colombia's northeastern borderlands, agrarian economies shape how disease risk and stigma are understood and managed. As shown in ethnographic fieldwork in and around the Catatumbo region, cutaneous leishmaniasis—a sandfly‐transmitted disease that produces chronic skin lesions—appears in two radically different guises across adjacent ...
Javier Lezaun, Lina Pinto‐García
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Leishmaniases in Bolivia: comprehensive review and current status. [PDF]

, 2009
The leishmaniases are protozoan, zoonotic diseases transmitted to human and other mammal hosts by the bite of phlebotomine sandflies. Bolivia has the highest incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Latin America (LA), with 33 cases per 100,000 ...
Delgado, R., Parrado, Rudy, Delgado, Raúl, García, A. L., García, Ana L, Reithinger, R., Rojas, E., Delgado, Ra\ufal, Reithinger, Richard, Dujardin, Jean-Claude, Dujardin, J. C., Parrado, R., Rojas, Ernesto, Garc\ueda, Ana L.   +13 more
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Cutaneous non‐tuberculous mycobacterial infections: A retrospective study of 94 cases from Germany

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, Volume 24, Issue 5, Page 608-617, May 2026.
Summary Background Cutaneous non‐tuberculous mycobacterial infections (NTM) remain a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The aim of this study was to characterize cutaneous NTM infections in Germany over a 24‐year‐period. Patients and Methods 73 patients with cutaneous NTM infections diagnosed at 17 different German University Hospitals from 2000 ...
Luisa Bopp, Nicolai Deresz, Henning Klapproth, Isabelle Suárez, Jonathan Jantsch, Mario Fabri, Esther von Stebut   +6 more
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The ecology and control of cutaneous Leishmaniasis vectors in the sub-Andean mountainous zone of Huila department, Colombia [PDF]

This thesis describes a series of studies designed to improve our understanding of the transmission cycle of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in the coffee-growing sub-Andean region of Huila department and to explore the use of ...
Pardo Puentes, Raul Hernando
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Evaluation of first generation vaccines against human leishmaniasis and the implication of Leishmanin Skin Test (LST) response in disease prevalence [PDF]

, 2011
This study reports the detailed analysis of the data from ten different clinical trials of first generation prophylactic vaccines (FGV) against leishmaniasis.
Noazin, Sassan
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Infecção natural de flebotomíneos em foco enzoótico de leishmaniose tegumentar no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil Natural infections of Phlebotominae sandflies in a enzootia focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in S. Paulo State, Brasil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1972
Relata-se o encontro de infecções naturais de Pintomyia pessoai e Psychodopygus intermedius em foco enzoótico de leishmaniose tegumentar no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil.
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini, Dino B. G. Pattoli, Ernesto Xavier Rabello, Octavio Alves Ferreira   +3 more
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A Multifaceted Holistic Review of the Literature on Scar Dermatoses

International Wound Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Many cutaneous diseases originate or manifest in scars. Scars are areas of compromised skin, which renders them a vulnerable cutaneous district for diseases to develop. The pathophysiology explaining why some dermatoses grow in scars is not yet thoroughly explored. The present study reviews the present literature on scar dermatoses.
Dana Maria Khoury, Elias El Tayar, Edward Eid, Firas F. Haddad, Ossama Abbas, Mazen Kurban   +5 more
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Vector‐borne diseases‐knowledge maps

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract This scientific report provides a structured overview of the main characteristics of 25 selected vector‐borne diseases (VBDs) of potential relevance for the EU, including 12 diseases listed under the Animal Health Law (AHL) and 13 non‐listed diseases.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Sofie Dhollander, Ieva Baltusyte, Fabio Bigoni, Alessandro Broglia, Jordi Figuerola, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Miguel Angel Chueca Miranda   +7 more
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Conflict and kala-azar: determinants of adverse outcomes of kala-azar among patients in southern Sudan. [PDF]

, 2004
We analyzed data obtained from 3365 patients with kala-azar (KA) or post-KA dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) treated by Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland in south Sudan from October 1998-May 2002. Patients were malnourished (median body mass index [BMI], 15.5;
Keus, Kees, Melaku, Y, Davies, Clive, Melaku, Yosef, Kipngetich, Sammy, Keus, K, Davidson, R, Kipngetich, S, Ritmeijer, Koert, Collin, Simon, Davidson, Robert, Collin, S, Ritmeijer, K, Davies, C   +13 more
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Targeting Kinetoplastid Parasites with ProTide Prodrugs: A Proof‐of‐Concept Study

ChemMedChem, Volume 21, Issue 7, 14 April 2026.
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) remain a major global health challenge, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Kinetoplastid parasites causing Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, and African trypanosomiasis rely on host purine salvage pathways, making nucleoside analogues attractive therapeutic candidates.
Silvester Lowe, Vishal Satikuvar, Tanjia M. Syeda, Monica Cal, Pascal Mäser, Marcel Kaiser, Hachemi Kadri   +6 more
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