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Leishmania infantum ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-2 is an apyrase involved in macrophage infection and expressed in infected dogs. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
Visceral leishmaniasis is an important tropical disease, and Leishmania infantum chagasi (synonym of Leishmania infantum) is the main pathogenic agent of visceral leishmaniasis in the New World. Recently, ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolases (
Raphael De Souza Vasconcellos, Christiane Mariotini-Moura, Rodrigo Saar Gomes, Tiago Donatelli Serafim, Rafaela de Cássia Firmino, Matheus Silva E Bastos, Felipe Freitas de Castro, Claudia Miranda de Oliveira, Lucas Borges-Pereira, Anna Cláudia Alves de Souza, Ronny Francisco de Souza, Gabriel Andres Tafur Gómez, Aimara da Costa Pinheiro, Talles Eduardo Ferreira Maciel, Abelardo Silva-Júnior, Gustavo Costa Bressan, Márcia Rogéria Almeida, Munira Muhammad Abdel Baqui, Luís Carlos Crocco Afonso, Juliana Lopes Rangel Fietto   +19 more
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Susceptibility of Cebus apella monkey (Primates: Cebidae) to experimental Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi-infection [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2011
In Amazonian Brazil, the Cebus apella monkey (Primates: Cebidae) has been associated with the enzootic cycle of Leishmania (V.) shawi, a dermotropic parasite causing American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL). It has also been successfully used as animal model for studying cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Carneiro, Liliane Almeida, Silveira, Fernando Tobias, Campos, Marliane Batista, Brígido, Maria do Carmo de Oliveira, Gomes, Claudia Maria C., Corbett, Carlos E.P., Laurenti, Márcia D.   +6 more
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A novel A2 allele found in Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi Novo alelo do gene A2 descrito em Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2011
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a widely spread zoonotic disease. In Brazil the disease is caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi. Peridomestic sandflies acquire the etiological agent by feeding on blood of infected reservoir animals, such as ...
Trícia Maria Ferreira de Sousa Oliveira, Elton José Rosas de Vasconcelos, Andréa Cristina Higa Nakaghi, Tânia Paula Aquino Defina, Márcia Mariza Gomes Jusi, Cristiane Divan Baldani, Ângela Kaysel Cruz, Rosangela Zacarias Machado   +7 more
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New record of preclinical diagnosis of American visceral leishmaniasis in Amazonian Brazil encourages optimizing disease control

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2020
The clinical-immunological spectrum of human Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi-infection in Amazonian Brazil has recently been reviewed based on the combined use of the delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) and indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT-IgG ...
Luciana Lima, Thiago Vasconcelos-dos-Santos, Marliane Campos, Patrícia Karla Ramos, Claudia Gomes, Marcia Laurenti, Vania da Matta, Carlos Corbett, Fernando Silveira   +8 more
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In Vitro Susceptibility to Miltefosine of Leishmania infantum (syn. L. chagasi) Isolates from Different Geographical Areas in Brazil [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2021
Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil still relies on meglumine antimoniate, with less than ideal efficacy and safety, making new therapeutic tools an urgent need. The oral drug miltefosine was assayed in a phase II clinical trial in Brazil with cure rates lower than previously demonstrated in India.
Caroline Ricce Espada, Erica V. de Castro Levatti, Mariana Côrtes Boité, Dorcas Lamounier, Jorge Alvar, Elisa Cupolillo, Carlos Henrique Nery Costa, Joelle Rode, Silvia R. B. Uliana   +8 more
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Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi em canídeos silvestres mantidos em cativeiro, no Estado de Mato Grosso Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi in wild canids kept in captivity in the State of Mato Grosso

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2010
INTRODUÇÃO: Leishmaniose visceral é uma zoonose que acomete diversos mamíferos tendo os canídeos domésticos como principais reservatórios em ambiente urbano.
Nely Pinheiro Souza, Arleana do Bom Parto Ferreira de Almeida, Tatiana Pádua Tavares de Freitas, Regina Celia Rodrigues da Paz, Valéria Dutra, Luciano Nakazato, Valéria Régia Franco Sousa   +6 more
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Feline leishmaniosis due to Leishmania infantum (syn. L. chagasi)

Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, 2018
From the beginning of the 20th century, feline infections by at least eight different Leishmania species have been sporadically reported, worldwide. In the Mediterranean countries, feline infection imposed by L. infantum, the aetiological agent of canine leishmaniosis and human visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis, is of particular importance, because ...
M CHATZIS, MN SARIDOMICHELAKIS, AF KOUTINAS   +2 more
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FIRST REPORT OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS CAUSED BY Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi IN AN URBAN AREA OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2015
SUMMARY American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is an infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, and transmitted by sandflies. In the state of Rio de Janeiro, almost all of the cases of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) are ...
Marcelo Rosandiski LYRA, Maria Inês Fernandes PIMENTEL, Maria de Fátima MADEIRA, Liliane de Fátima ANTONIO, Janine Pontes de Miranda LYRA, Aline FAGUNDES, Armando de Oliveira SCHUBACH   +6 more
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LXR deficiency confers increased protection against visceral Leishmania infection in mice. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
The liver X receptors (LXRs) are a family of nuclear receptor transcription factors that are activated by oxysterols and have defined roles in both lipid metabolism and cholesterol regulation.
Kevin W Bruhn, Chaitra Marathe, Ana Cláudia Maretti-Mira, Hong Nguyen, Jacquelyn Haskell, Thu Anh Tran, Veena Vanchinathan, Upasna Gaur, Mary E Wilson, Peter Tontonoz, Noah Craft   +10 more
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Macrophage Polarization in the Skin Lesion Caused by Neotropical Species of Leishmania sp

Journal of Immunology Research, 2021
Macrophages play important roles in the innate and acquired immune responses against Leishmania parasites. Depending on the subset and activation status, macrophages may eliminate intracellular parasites; however, these host cells also can offer a safe ...
Carmen M. Sandoval Pacheco, Gabriela V. Araujo Flores, Kadir Gonzalez, Claudia M. de Castro Gomes, Luiz F. D. Passero, Thaise Y. Tomokane, Wilfredo Sosa-Ochoa, Concepción Zúniga, Jose Calzada, Azael Saldaña, Carlos E. P. Corbett, Fernando T. Silveira, Marcia D. Laurenti   +12 more
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