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Immunobiology of visceral leishmaniasis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2012
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), commonly known as kala-azar, is caused by Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum (Leishmania chagasi in the Americas). These Leishmania species infect macrophages throughout the viscera, and parasites are typically found
Susanne eNylén, Rajiv eKumar
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Molecular and serological detection of Leishmania spp. in captive wild animals from Ilha Solteira, SP, Brazil Detecção sorológica e molecular de Leishmania spp. em animais selvagens do zoológico de Ilha Solteira, SP, Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2011
Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease that affects 12 million people worldwide. Several mammalian species can serve as a reservoir for this disease. Dogs are the main reservoir for visceral leishmaniasis in urban areas, which has become a serious public ...
Márcia Mariza Gomes Jusi, Wilma Aparecida Starke-Buzetti, Trícia Maria Ferreira de Sousa Oliveira, Michely da Silva Tenório, Lúcio de Oliveira de Sousa, Rosangela Zacarias Machado   +5 more
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Macrophage and T-cell gene expression in a model of early infection with the protozoan Leishmania chagasi. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008
Visceral leishmaniasis is a potentially fatal infectious disease caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania infantum/chagasi in the New World, or by L. donovani or L. infantum/chagasi in the Old World.
Nicholas A Ettinger, Mary E Wilson
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Potential vectors of Leishmaniases in the Environmental Protection Area and Tinguá Federal Biological Reserve, Municipality of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 246-259, June 2026.
This study was to describe the composition of sand fly fauna, detect potential vectors of Leishmania spp. in the Tinguá district, an ATL endemic, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Seven species of vectorial importance in the epidemiological cycle of leishmaniasis was observed: Nyssomyia intermedia, Migonemyia migonei, Pintomyia fischeri, Psychodopygus hirsutus ...
Antônio L. F. Santana, Alfredo C. R. Azevedo, Margarete M. S. Afonso, Bruno M. Carvalho, Vanessa R. Vieira, Simone M. Costa, Júlia S. Silva, Thais A. Pereira, Daniela P. Pereira, Maurício L. Vilela   +9 more
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Complete conservation of an immunogenic gene (lcr1) in Leishmania infantum and Leishmania chagasi isolated from Iran, Spain and Brazi [PDF]

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2010
Background & objectives: Kala-azar is the visceral and most severe form of leishmaniasis thatleads to death if untreated. The causative agents of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) are members ofLeishmania (L.) donovani complex which includes L.
H. Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam , F. Abrishami , M. Doroudian , M. Moradi , M.H. Alimohammadian , P. Parvizi
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Comparative Genomic Analyses of New and Old World Viscerotropic Leishmanine Parasites: Further Insights into the Origins of Visceral Leishmaniasis Agents

Microorganisms, 2022
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar, is an anthropozoonotic disease affecting human populations on five continents. Aetiologic agents belong to the Leishmania (L.) donovani complex.
Fernando Tobias Silveira, Edivaldo Costa Sousa Junior, Rodrigo Vellasco Duarte Silvestre, Thiago Vasconcelos dos Santos, Wilfredo Sosa-Ochoa, Concepción Zúniga Valeriano, Patrícia Karla Santos Ramos, Samir Mansour Moraes Casseb, Luciana Vieira do Rêgo Lima, Marliane Batista Campos, Vania Lucia da Matta, Claudia Maria Gomes, Gabriela V. Araujo Flores, Carmen M. Sandoval Pacheco, Carlos Eduardo Corbett, Márcia Dalastra Laurenti   +15 more
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Factors Associated With the Emergence and Spread of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 73, Issue 4, Page 348-357, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), once considered a rural disease in Brazil, has progressively urbanised, particularly in the state of São Paulo (SSP), where the first urban cases emerged after the detection of the vector Lutzomyia longipalpis in 1997.
Vera Lucia Fonseca de Camargo‐Neves, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck   +1 more
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Para-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a patient in Brazil: a case report

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Visceral leishmaniasis is common in Brazil and is caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum/chagasi. Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis frequently follows visceral leishmaniasis caused by L.
José Angelo Lauletta Lindoso, Carlos Henrique Valente Moreira, Beatriz Julieta Celeste, Luiza Keiko Matsuka Oyafuso, Pedro Moreira Folegatti, Eduard Evert Zijlstra   +5 more
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Diagnóstico molecular e frequência de anticorpos anti-Leishmania infantum chagasi em cães do município de Belém, Pará

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2014
A leishmaniose visceral é uma enfermidade cujo agente etiológico no Brasil é o protozoário Leishmania infantum chagasi. Os cães são considerados reservatórios urbanos da doença, sendo indicadores da ocorrência de casos humanos.
Katiane Schwanke, Aryane M.M. da Silva, Adlilton Pacheco, Michele Bahia, Fernando T. Silveira, Alessandra Scofield, Gustavo Góes-Cavalcante   +6 more
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Molecular and serological detection of tick-borne pathogens in dogs from an area endemic for Leishmania infantumin Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Tick-borne pathogens affect a wide range of vertebrate hosts. To identify tick-borne pathogens among dogs from Campo Grande, MS, Brazil testing seropositive for Leishmania infantum (syn. L.
Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa, Marcos Rogério André, Heitor Miraglia Herrera, Gisele Braziliano de Andrade, Marcia Mariza Gomes Jusi, Luciana Ladislau dos Santos, Wanessa Teixeira Gomes Barreto, Rosangela Zacarias Machado, Gilson Pereira de Oliveira   +8 more
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