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Characterization of Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in visceral leishmaniasis associated with hiv co-infection in Northeastern Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2017
Visceral leishmaniasis, associated with HIV/AIDS coinfection, is becoming a more aggressive disease, complicating an accurate prognosis. A 21-year-old HIV-positive female presenting with clinical features of visceral leishmaniasis was enrolled in this ...
Elaine Cristina Bomfim de Lima, Walter Lins Barbosa Júnior, Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito, Fábio Lopes de Melo, Sinval Pinto Brandão Filho, Zulma Maria de Medeiros   +5 more
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The role of leishmania proteophosphoglycans in sand fly transmission and infection of the Mammalian host. [PDF]

, 2012
Leishmania are transmitted by the bite of their sand fly vector and this has a significant influence on the virulence of the resulting infection. From our studies into the interaction between parasite, vector, and host we have uncovered an important ...
Rogers, Matthew E, Matthew Edward Rogers, Matthew E. Rogers   +2 more
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Immucillins ImmA and ImmH Are Effective and Non-toxic in the Treatment of Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BackgroundImmucillins ImmA (IA), ImmH (IH) and SerMe-ImmH (SMIH) are synthetic deazapurine nucleoside analogues that inhibit Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi and Leishmania (L.) amazonensis multiplication in vitro without macrophage toxicity. Immucillins
Elisangela Oliveira Freitas, Dirlei Nico, Marcus Vinícius Alves-Silva, Alexandre Morrot, Keith Clinch, Gary B Evans, Peter C Tyler, Vern L Schramm, Clarisa B Palatnik-de-Sousa   +8 more
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[Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi in wild canids kept in captivity in the State of Mato Grosso].

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
Visceral leishmaniasis is a zoonosis that affects many mammals, and domestic canids are the main reservoirs in urban environments. This note describes infection by Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi among wild canids kept in captivity in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.Skin, bone marrow and lymph node samples were collected from six crab-eating ...
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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Unusual Clinical Manifestations of Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in an HIV-coinfected Patient and the Relevance of ITS1-PCR-RFLP: A Case Report

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2018
Patients coinfected with Leishmania/HIV can develop atypical forms of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), making it indispensable to identify the etiological agent. We are presenting a postmortemspecie definition by ITS1-PCR-RFLP in a larynx tissue of a patient
De Godoy NATALIA SOUZA DE, Aiello VERA DEMARCHI, de Souza REGINA MAIA, Okay THELMA, Braz LUCIA MARIA ALMEIDA   +4 more
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Estudo fitoquímico e atividades leishmanicida, anticolinestarásica e antioxidante de extratos de Annona glabra L. (araticum panã)

Revista de Ciências Farmacêuticas Básica e Aplicada, 2015
O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar as principais classes de compostos químicos presentes em Annona grabra L. (Araticum panã), e avaliar o seu potencial biológico analisando suas atividades antioxidante, antiacetilcolinesterase e leishmanicida.
Antonio Adailson de Sousa Silva, Joana Barros Alexandre, Larissa Guerra Vieira, Suliane Praciano Rodrigues, Maria José Cajazeiras Falcão, Selene Maia Morais   +5 more
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Leishmania major: genetic heterogeneity of Iranian isolates by single-strand conformation polymorphism and sequence analysis of ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer.

, 2006
Protozoan parasites of Leishmania major are the causative agents of cutaneous leishmaniasis in different parts of Iran. We applied PCR-based methods to analyze L.
Mauricio, Isabel L, Al-Jawabreh, Amer, Alimohammadian, Mohammad Hossein, Tashakori, Mahnaz, Kuhls, Katrin, Farajnia, Safar, Schönian, Gabriele   +6 more
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Application of kDNA as a molecular marker to analyse Leishmania infantum diversity in Portugal.

, 2006
Around the Mediterranean basin Leishmania infantum is an important parasite causing canine leishmaniasis and visceral and cutaneous clinical forms in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised humans.
Cristovão, José Manuel, Pratlong, Francine, Mauricio, Isabel, Cortes, Sofia, Almeida, Ana, Dedet, Jean Pierre, Campino, Lenea   +6 more
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CHANGES IN THE SPLENIC EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN DOGS NATURALLY INFECTED WITH Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi

, 2015
Objetivou-se estudar as alterações da matriz extracelular no baço de cães naturalmente infectados com Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi correlacionando-as com aspectos clínicos, histopatológicos e parasitológicos. Foram utilizados 18 cães, divididos em três grupos: seis animais não infectados (grupo controle) e doze animais infectados. Todos sem
Martins, Nathálya dos Santos, Coelho, Glaucia Barbosa, dos Santos, Larissa Sarmento, de Oliveira, Rudson Almeida, Abreu Silva, Ana Lúcia, Melo, Ferdinan Almeida   +5 more
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Clinical profile of naturally infected dogs from an endemic area for “Leishmania chagasi” (infantum) in Bahia State, Brazil Quadro clínico de cães infectados naturalmente por Leishmania chagasi em uma área endêmica do estado da Bahia, Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animal, 2007
The purpose of this study was to report a description of the clinical profile of naturally infected dogs from an endemic area for Leishmania chagasi (infantum)-caused visceral leishmaniosis in Brazil, where a wide range of clinical signs are attributed ...
Fred da Silva Julião, Rafael Lyra Gaspar da Costa, Diana Vianna Bittencourt, Alisson Azevedo Pinheiro, Silvana Ornelas Santos, Paulo Henrique Palis Aguiar, Washington Luis Conrado dos Santos, Stella Maria Barrouin Melo   +7 more
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