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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 +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 +10 more
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Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2011 Among mammals, the canids are most often infected by Leishmania sp. This paper reports the occurrence of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi as well as the presence of intranuclear inclusions resembling viral particles of canine adenovirus-1 in a ...
Luciano Nakazato +5 more
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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 +19 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2012 Background Sandflies are vectors of Leishmania, the causative agent of leishmaniasis in mammalian hosts, including humans. The protozoan parasite is transmitted by the sandfly bite during salivation that occurs at the moment of blood feeding.
Secundino Nagila FC +5 more
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The contribution of immune evasive mechanisms to parasite persistence in Visceral Leishmaniasis
Frontiers in Immunology, 2016 Leishmania is a genus of protozoan parasites that give rise to a range of diseases called Leishmaniasis that affects annually an estimated 1.3 million people from 88 countries.
Elisangela Oliveira De Freitas +4 more
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Impact of leishmaniasis on public health
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2006 Leishmaniasis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by protozoans of the genus Leishmania transmitted by insects known as phlebotomines, which are found in wild or urban environments.
L. B Camargo, H. Langoni
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2011 An autochthonous case of visceral leishmaniasis is reported in a dog (Canis familiaris) as an apparently natural infection in a non-endemic area. DNA obtained from spleen and liver samples produced the expected fragment in a Leishmania-specific rDNA ...
Elisa San Martin Mouriz Savani +5 more
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Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2019 Background & objectives: Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. are protozoans that cause American trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis, respectively. In endemic foci where both diseases coincide, coinfection can occur.
M Viettri +10 more
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Autochthonous case of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in a non-endemic area in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira: Visceral Leishmaniasis by Leishmania infantum chagasi is an endemic zoonosis present in many areas of Brazil. This parasite needs reservoirs for maintenance of the infection and the presence of dogs in urban areas is a key factor for the spread of ...
Mariana Teixeira de Faria +7 more
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