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Tegumentary Leishmaniasis Associated With Immune Reconstitution in an HIV Patient—A Case Report

Parasite Immunology, Volume 48, Issue 5, May 2026.
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 ...
Marilia Brasil Xavier, Claudia Maria de Castro Gomes, Rita Catarina Medeiros Sousa, Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa, Elza Baía de Brito, Silvia Ferreira Rodrigues Müller, Lucas dos Santos Fontes, João Augusto Gomes de Souza Monteiro de Brito, Larissa dos Santos Alcantara, Carlos Eduardo Pereira Corbett   +9 more
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Drosophila Model of Leishmania amazonensis Infection

BIO-PROTOCOL, 2017
This protocol describes how to generate and harvest antibody-free L. amazonensis amastigotes, and how to infect adult Drosophila melanogaster with these parasites. This model recapitulates key aspects of the interactions between Leishmania amastigotes and animal phagocytes.
Okuda, Kendi, Silverman, Neal
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Exploring the Role of the MAPK Signalling Pathway in Dog Immunity: From Cancer to Parasitic Diseases

Parasite Immunology, Volume 48, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Mitogen‐activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are intracellular signalling proteins that modulate several cellular processes, such as proliferation, cytokine production and survival. Like humans, dogs may exhibit changes in MAPK signalling under pathological conditions.
Francini Neves Ribeiro, Fernanda Nazaré Morgado, Renato Porrozzi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leishmania amazonensis in dog with clinical diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Paraná State, Brazil – a case report
Leishmania amazonensis em cão com quadro clínico de leishmaniose visceral no Estado do Paraná, Brasil – relato de caso

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2012
Leishmaniasis are antropozoonoses involving various species of Leishmania and hosts, with variable clinical presentations and considered of great importance to public health.
Patrícia Mendes Pereira, Regina Mitsuka Breganó, Eloiza Teles Caldart, Italmar Teodorico Navarro, Valdair Elemar Camargo Junior, Aline Rafaeli Hoffmann   +5 more
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CD100/Sema4D Increases Macrophage Infection by Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis in a CD72 Dependent Manner

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Leishmaniasis is caused by trypanosomatid protozoa of the genus Leishmania, which infect preferentially macrophages. The disease affects 12 million people worldwide, who may present cutaneous, mucocutaneous or visceral forms.
Mariana K. Galuppo, Eloiza de Rezende, Fabio L. Forti, Mauro Cortez, Mario C. Cruz, Andre A. Teixeira, Ricardo J. Giordano, Beatriz S. Stolf   +7 more
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Metalloids: Semi as Metals yet Full of Antimicrobial Potential

ChemMedChem, Volume 21, Issue 7, 14 April 2026.
Metalloids such as boron (B), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), and tellurium (Te) bridge metals and non‐metals, displaying unique chemical versatility. Recent research highlights their diverse antimicrobial and therapeutic potentials, from natural products to synthetic organic and organometallic molcules, underscoring renewed ...
Kevin Böhm, Muhammad Jawad Nasim, Claus Jacob   +2 more
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Brain Involvement in Leishmaniasis

Cell Biochemistry and Function, Volume 44, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Leishmania and it is a significant global health problem. The disease has a wide clinical spectrum, from tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) that encompasses cutaneous (CL), mucosal (ML) and cutaneous‐diffuse (CDL) forms, to the potentially fatal systemic ...
Camila S. Freitas, Eduardo A. F. Coelho, Myron Christodoulides   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phlebotomine fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) of an American cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic area in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
The occurrence of an outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis associated with Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis in the municipality of Bela Vista, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and the absence of information on its vectors in this area led the ...
Maria Elizabeth C Dorval, Geucira Cristaldo, Hilda Carlos da Rocha, Tulia Peixoto Alves, Murilo Andrade Alves, Elisa Teruya Oshiro, Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati, Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha   +9 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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Eco-epidemiological aspects, natural detection and molecular identification of Leishmania spp. in Lutzomyia reburra, Lutzomyia barrettoi majuscula and Lutzomyia trapidoi

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2017
Introduction: The province of Pichincha in Ecuador is an endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis, where anthropophilic sand flies with natural infection by Leishmania, have been reported as vectors.
Jazzmín Arrivillaga-Henríquez, Sandra Enríquez, Vanessa Romero, Gustavo Echeverría, Jorge Pérez-Barrera, Ana Poveda, Juan-Carlos Navarro, Alon Warburg, Washington Benítez   +8 more
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