Autochthonous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania tropica, Identified by Using Whole-Genome Sequencing, Sri Lanka [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesCutaneous leishmaniasis is atypical in Sri Lanka because Leishmania donovani, which typically causes visceral disease, is the causative agent. The origins of recently described hybrids between L. donovani and other Leishmania spp.
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Leishmania tropica and Leishmania infantum infection in dogs and cats in central Israel [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background Three species of Leishmania cause disease in humans in Israel and are endemic in the Middle East: Leishmania infantum, Leishmania tropica and Leishmania major.
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High genome plasticity and frequent genetic exchange in Leishmania tropica isolates from Afghanistan, Iran and Syria [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2021 Background The kinetoplastid protozoan Leishmania tropica mainly causes cutaneous leishmaniasis in humans in the Middle East, and relapse or treatment failure after treatment are common in this area. L.
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Environmental, Climatic, and Parasite Molecular Factors Impacting the Incidence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania tropica in Three Moroccan Foci [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) occurring due to Leishmania tropica is a public health problem in Morocco. The distribution and incidence of this form of leishmaniasis have increased in an unusual way in the last decade, and the control measures put in ...
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Vaccinomics-based next-generation multi-epitope chimeric vaccine models prediction against Leishmania tropica - a hierarchical subtractive proteomics and immunoinformatics approach [PDF]
Front Immunol, 2023 Leishmania tropica is a vector-borne parasitic protozoa that is the leading cause of leishmaniasis throughout the global tropics and subtropics. L. tropica is a multidrug-resistant parasite with a diverse set of serological, biochemical, and genomic ...
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Assessment of in vitro and in vivo effect of Quercetin 3-Glucoside, Oxyresveratrol and Quercetin O-Hexoside against Leishmania tropica [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023 The aim was to scrutinize the in vivo and in vitro activities against Leishmania tropica with compounds of Oxyresveratrol, Quercetin O-Hexoside, and Quercetin 3-Glucoside.
Kashif Iqbal +3 more
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Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2022 Objective:Recently, the use of pentavalent antimony compounds for Leishmaniasis treatment has been associated with disease recurrence, drug resistance, and severe side effects. Therefore, there is a need to develop alternative treatment strategies.
Jasem Saki +2 more
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Efficacy of Systemic Treatment for Leishmania tropica Cutaneous Leishmaniasis [PDF]
Acta Derm Venereol, 2022 The effectiveness of systemic treatment for Leishmania tropica cutaneous leishmaniasis remains unclear. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of systemic treatments for L. tropica cutaneous leishmaniasis.
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Transmission patterns of Leishmania tropica around the Mediterranean basin: Could Morocco be impacted by a zoonotic spillover? [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2022 Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) due to Leishmania tropica is a neglected tropical disease characterized by a wide geographical distribution in the Mediterranean basin and is endemic in several of its countries.
I. El Idrissi Saik +4 more
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Domestic dogs carriers of Leishmania infantum, Leishmania tropica and Crithidia fasciculata as potential reservoirs for human visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern Iran [PDF]
Vet Med Sci, 2022 Background In recent years, cases of human visceral leishmaniasis (HVL) have been reported in some districts of Golestan Province, northeastern Iran, particularly in rural areas.
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