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Infection of Human Monocytes with Leishmania infantum Strains Induces a Downmodulated Response when Compared with Infection with Leishmania braziliensis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Human infection with different species of Leishmania leads to distinct clinical manifestations, ranging from relatively mild cutaneous (Leishmania braziliensis) to severe visceral (Leishmania infantum) forms of leishmaniasis.
Agostinho Gonçalves Viana, Luísa Mourão Dias Magalhães, Rodolfo Cordeiro Giunchetti, Walderez O. Dutra, Walderez O. Dutra, Kenneth J. Gollob, Kenneth J. Gollob, Kenneth J. Gollob   +7 more
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Dogs Harbor Leishmania braziliensis and Participate in the Transmission Cycle of Human Tegumentary Leishmaniasis

Pathogens, 2023
Dogs play an important role in transmission of Leishmania infantum, but epidemiologic and clinical studies of canine tegumentary leishmaniasis (CTL) are scarce.
Jamile Lago, Deborah Fraga, Lívia Coelho, Matheus Silva de Jesus, Bruna Leite, Guilherme L. Werneck, Sérgio Arruda, Ednaldo Lago, Edgar M. Carvalho, Olivia Bacellar   +9 more
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Presence of Psychodopygus wellcomei (Diptera: Psychodidae), a proven vector of Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis, in Ceara State

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1983
Psychodopygus wellcomei, a proven vector of (muco-)cutaneous leishmaniasis, has been found for the first time outside of the Amazon Basin, in Ceará State.
P. D. Ready, A. L. Ribeiro, R. Lainson, J. E. de Alencar, J. J. Shaw   +4 more
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Infectivity of promastigotes in stationary phase of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana, in cell line DH82

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2015
Objectives. To determine the infectivity of promastigotes of Leishmania (V.) peruviana and Leishmania (V.) braziliensis in monocyte-macrophage cell line DH82 of Canis familiaris. Materials and methods. Was conducted a experimental study during the months
Karen Daphne Calvay-Sánchez, Nyshon Máximo Rojas-Palomino, Aidé Clorinda Sandoval-Juarez, Alberto Cisneros-Tarmeño, Cristian Obregón-Cahuaya, Gloria Sonia Minaya-Gómez   +5 more
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ITS1 PCR-RFLP Diagnosis and Characterization of Leishmania in Clinical Samples and Strains from Cases of Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in States of the Mexican Southeast

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2014
American cutaneous leishmaniasis includes a spectrum of clinical forms localized cutaneous, diffuse cutaneous, and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis which can be caused by different strains of Leishmania belonging to the L. mexicana or L.
Amalia Monroy-Ostria, Abedelmajeed Nasereddin, Victor M. Monteon, Carmen Guzmán-Bracho, Charles L. Jaffe   +4 more
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Tegumentary Leishmaniasis Associated With Immune Reconstitution in an HIV Patient-A Case Report. [PDF]

Parasite Immunol
ABSTRACT HIV‐associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) may significantly alter the immunopathological presentation of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL), occasionally causing paradoxical clinical exacerbations. We report the long‐term follow‐up of a 39‐year‐old female coinfected with HIV and disseminated mucocutaneous ...
Xavier MB, Gomes CMC, Sousa RCM, Ishikawa EAY, Brito EB, Müller SFR, Fontes LDS, Brito JAGSM, Alcantara LDS, Corbett CEP.   +9 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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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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PERICONDRITE POR LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Introdução: As leishmanioses são antropozoonoses causadas por protozoários do gênero Leishmania e transmitidos pelo flebotomíneo fêmea. Constitui um grande problema de saúde pública. Relato: Paciente 78 anos, sexo masculino, trabalhador da zona rural, portador de doenças crônicas.
Rafaela Fernandes Nascimento, Pedro Antônio Passos Amorim, Adriana Oliveira Guilarde, Camila Freire Araújo, Ludmila Campos Vasconcelos   +4 more
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The spiny rat Proechimys guyannensis (Rodentia: Echimydae) fails to respond to intradermal inoculation with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2015
Leishmaniasis a disease of worldwide occurrence is caused by protozoa of the Leishmania genus. In Brazil, Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is the main parasite responsible for the American cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Stela Rechinelli PASSOS, Ana Paula MADUREIRA, Sayanne Luns Hatum de ALMEIDA, Marcos Santos ZANINI   +3 more
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