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Leishmania infantum induces high phagocytic capacity and intracellular nitric oxide production by human proinflammatory monocyte [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
BACKGROUND The mechanism of resistance to SbIII in Leishmania is complex, multifactorial and involves not only biochemical mechanisms, but also other elements, such as the immune system of the host.
Christiana Vargas Ribeiro, Bruna Fonte Boa Rocha, Edward Oliveira, Andrea Teixeira-Carvalho, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta, Vanessa Peruhype-Magalhães   +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, Sundar, Shyam, Davies, Clive R., Croft, Simon L., Kaye, Paul, Davies, Clive R   +5 more
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Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis growth in vitro culture relies more on folic acid availability than Leihsmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2005
We compared the in vitro growth of promastigotes from two Leishmania species in TC-100 and Schneider media. Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis replication rates were similar in both tissue culture media and reached maximum rates by 48 h.
Andrea Niño, Marcela Camacho
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Evaluación del efecto del ácido nalidíxico, ampicilina, kanamicina, penicilina G y polimixina B en los cultivos de promastigotes de leishmania

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 1992
Se evaluó el efecto de diferentes concentraciones de ácido nalidíxico, ampicilina, kanarnicina, penicilina G y polimixina B, sobre la población de promastigotes de Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis , Leishmania donovani chagasi y Leishmania mexicana ...
Sofía Duque Beltrán, Augusto Corredor Arjona, Marleny Montilla Moreno, Dioselina Peláez Carvajal   +3 more
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An overview of the sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) followed by the detection of Leishmania DNA and blood meal identification in the state of Acre, Amazonian Brazil [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2020
BACKGROUND In Acre state, Brazil, the dissemination of cutaneous leishmaniasis has increased in recent years, with limited knowledge of the potential Leishmania spp. vectors involved.
Thais de Araujo-Pereira, Daniela de Pita-Pereira, Sandylere Moreira Baia-Gomes, Mariana Boité, Franklin Silva, Israel de Souza Pinto, Raimundo Leoberto Torres de Sousa, Andressa Fuzari, Cristian de Souza, Reginaldo Brazil, Constança Britto   +10 more
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Leishmania isoenzyme polymorphisms in Ecuador: Relationships with geographic distribution and clinical presentation

, 2006
Background: Determinants of the clinical presentation of the leishmaniases are poorly understood but Leishmania species and strain differences are important.
Cooper Philip J, Masataka Korenaga, Marco Jorge D, Korenaga, Masataka, Rodrigo X Armijos, Hirotomo Kato, Paola A Barroso, Kato Hirotomo, Korenaga, M, Gomez, EA, Calvopina Manuel, Kato, Hirotomo, Hiroshi Uezato, Barroso, Paola A., Armijos, Rodrigo X., Cooper, PJ, Yoshihisa Hashiguchi, Shigeo Nonaka, Nonaka Shigeo, Gomez Eduardo A, Manuel Calvopina, Marco, Jorge D., Kato, H, Barroso Paola A, Mimori, Tatsuyuki, Armijos, RX, Hashiguchi, Y, Nonaka, Shigeo, Eduardo A Gomez, Calvopina, M, Marco, JD, Korenaga Masataka, Tatsuyuki Mimori, Uezato, H, Jorge D Marco, Gomez, Eduardo A., Calvopina, Manuel, Mimori Tatsuyuki, Manuel Calvopina, Uezato Hiroshi, Cooper, Philip J., Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa, Mimori, T, Philip J Cooper, Nonaka, S, Uezato, Hiroshi, Armijos Rodrigo X, Barroso, PA, Hashiguchi Yoshihisa   +48 more
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Sclerosing Orbital Inflammation Caused by Leishmania braziliensis [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017
Orbital biopsy of nonspecific orbital inflammation, commonly referred to as “orbital pseudotumor,” typically shows a combination of polyclonal lymphocytes, plasmocytes, leukocytes, macrophages, and variable degrees of collagen deposition. Herein, we report a patient with a positive history of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis who presented with an orbital ...
Antonio Augusto V, Cruz, Eliza V C, Alves-Ferreira, Gherusa, Milbratz-Moré, Fernando, Chahud, Patricia C, Ruy, Maria Irma Seixas, Duarte, Angela Kaysel, Cruz   +6 more
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Development of a multilocus microsatellite typing approach for discriminating strains of Leishmania (Viannia) species.

, 2009
A multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) approach based on the analysis of 15 independent loci has been developed for the discrimination of strains belonging to different Viannia species.
Espinosa, Diego, Oddone, Rolando, Arevalo, Jorge, Mauricio, Isabel, Schweynoch, Carola, Sousa, Cintia dos Santos de, Kuhls, Katrin, de Sousa, Cintia dos Santos, Cupolillo, Elisa, Schönian, Gabriele, Noyes, Harry   +10 more
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Cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis co-infection in dogs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: evaluation by specific PCR and RFLP-PCR assays

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014
Introduction During a diagnostic evaluation of canine visceral leishmaniasis (VL), two of seventeen dogs were found to be co-infected by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi.
Marize Quinhones Pires, Maria de Fátima Madeira, Vânia Rita Elias Pinheiro Bittencourt, Raquel da Silva Pacheco   +3 more
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Foco de leishmaniose tegumentar americana nos municípios de Viana e Cariacica, Estado do Espirito Santo, Brasil A focus of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Viana and Cariacica counties, Espírito Santo State, Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1985
Descreve-se um foco de leishmaniose tegumentar americana abrangendo quatro localidades dos municípios de Viana e Cariacica situados próximo ao litoral do Estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil.
Gelcilio Coutinho Barros, Paulo Augusto Sessa, Enilse Antunes de Mattos, Valquiria Rocha Daher Carias, Wilson Mayrink, José Tasso Aires de Alencar, Aloisio Falqueto, Antonio Claudino de Jesus   +7 more
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