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The in vitro leishmanicidal activity of hexadecylphosphocholine (miltefosine) against four medically relevant Leishmania species of Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2011
The in vitro leishmanicidal activity of miltefosine® (Zentaris GmbH) was assessed against four medically relevant Leishmania species of Brazil: Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis, Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis and ...
Eliane de Morais-Teixeira, Quesia Souza Damasceno, Mariana Kolos Galuppo, Alvaro José Romanha, Ana Rabello   +4 more
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Leishmania donovani Exploits Tunneling Nanotubes for Dissemination and Propagation of B Cell Activation

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Polyclonal B cell activation and the resulting hypergammaglobulinemia are a detrimental consequence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL); however, the mechanisms underlying this excessive production of nonprotective antibodies are still poorly understood. Here,
Tanja Stögerer, Sasha Silva-Barrios, Liseth Carmona-Pérez, Sharada Swaminathan, Linh Thuy Mai, Louis-Philippe Leroux, Maritza Jaramillo, Albert Descoteaux, Simona Stäger   +8 more
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Prevalence of Leishmania species among patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Qassim province of Saudi Arabia

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection endemic in more than ninety countries of the world. The cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a most common form of leishmaniasis and it remains to be a major public health issue in Saudi Arabia. This study was
Zafar Rasheed, Ahmed A. Ahmed, Tarek Salem, Mohammed S. Al-Dhubaibi, Ahmad A. Al Robaee, Abdullateef A. Alzolibani   +5 more
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Visceral leishmaniasis patients display altered composition and maturity of neutrophils as well as impaired neutrophil effector functions [PDF]

, 2016
Immunologically, active visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is characterised by profound immunosuppression, severe systemic inflammatory responses and an impaired capacity to control parasite replication.
Adem, E, Cruz Cervera, E, Diro, E, Getahun, M, Hailu, A, Kropf, P, Lemma, M, Melkamu, R, Mengesha, B, Mesfin, G, Modolell, M, Muller, I, Munder, M, Skhedy, Z, Tajebe, F, Takele, Y, Van der Auwera, G, Yardley, V, Yeshanew, A, Yizengaw, E   +19 more
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Guanylate Binding Proteins Restrict Leishmania donovani Growth in Nonphagocytic Cells Independent of Parasitophorous Vacuolar Targeting

mBio, 2020
Interferon (IFN)-inducible guanylate binding proteins (GBPs) play important roles in host defense against many intracellular pathogens that reside within pathogen-containing vacuoles (PVs).
Arun Kumar Haldar, Utsav Nigam, Masahiro Yamamoto, Jörn Coers, Neena Goyal   +4 more
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Characterisation of the Leishmania donovani/L. infantum Hybrid Isolated from an Autochothonous Kala-Azar Patient: Preliminary Results of an In Vivo Model

Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2021
Objective:In the present study, preliminary outcomes of the in vivo assessment of a Leishmania donovani/L. infantum hybrid isolated from a hospitalised patient with visceral leishmaniasis in Manisa and identified through analysis of the Leishmania ...
Özgür Kurt, Nesteren Mansur Özen, Elif Merve Aydın, Deniz Ece Kaya, Cavit Kerem Kayhan, Sinem Öktem Okullu, Ümit İnce, Fadile Yıldız Zeyrek   +7 more
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Analysis by RNA-seq of transcriptomic changes elicited by heat shock in Leishmania major [PDF]

, 2019
Besides their medical relevance, Leishmania is an adequate model for studying post-transcriptional mechanisms of gene expression. In this microorganism, mRNA degradation/stabilization mechanisms together with translational control and post-translational ...
Aguado, Begoña, Corvo, Laura, Lombraña, Rodrigo, Rastrojo, Alberto, Requena, Jose M., Solana, Jose C.   +5 more
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Identification of Leishmania donovani in blood of experimentally infected rats by quantitative real-time PCR

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences, 2018
The present study has been carried out at the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine/Al-Qadisiyah University to diagnose the visceral leishmaniasis molecular technique (Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction)
Noor Idan Jarad, Ghaidaa Abbas Jasim
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Functional and genetic evidence that nucleoside transport is highly conserved in Leishmania species: Implications for pyrimidine-based chemotherapy [PDF]

, 2017
Leishmania pyrimidine salvage is replete with opportunities for therapeutic intervention with enzyme inhibitors or antimetabolites. Their uptake into cells depends upon specific transporters; therefore it is essential to establish whether various ...
Ali, Juma A.M., Alzahrani, Khalid J.H., Barrett, Michael P., Creek, Darren J., De Koning, Harry P., Eze, Anthonius A., Looi, Wan Limm, Tagoe, Daniel N.A.   +7 more
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Identification of internalin-A-like virulent proteins in Leishmania donovani

Parasites & Vectors, 2016
Background An active immune surveillance and a range of barriers to infection allow the host to effectively eliminate microbial pathogens. However, pathogens may use diverse strategies to subdue such host defences. For instance, one such mechanism is the
Ishita Mukherjee, Abhijit Chakraborty, Saikat Chakrabarti   +2 more
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