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Molecular approaches for a better understanding of the epidemiology and population genetics of Leishmania. [PDF]

, 2010
Molecular approaches are being used increasingly for epidemiological studies of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniases. Several molecular markers resolving genetic differences between Leishmania parasites at species and strain levels have been developed to
Kuhls, K, Schönian, G, Mauricio, IL, I. L. MAURICIO, K. KUHLS, G. SCHÖNIAN   +5 more
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Isolation and molecular identification of cutaneous leishmaniasis in humans and dogs in middle Euphrates, Iraq [PDF]

Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences
In Iraq, one of the endemic illnesses is cutaneous Leishmaniasis. This study aimed to characterize local isolates of Leishmania tropica and Leishmania major molecularly and determine how closely related they were to reference isolates from nearby nations.
Haider H. Alseady, Sahad M. Al-Dabbagh
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Successful treatment by adding thalidomide to meglumine antimoniate in a case of refractory anthroponotic mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2019
Mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) is mostly associated with Leishmania braziliensis; however, a few cases of Leishmania tropica induced mucocutaneous leishmaniasis have been reported.
Vahid Mashayekhi Goyonlo, Sadegh Vahabi-Amlashi, Faezeh Taghavi   +2 more
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Leishmania tropica: The comparison of two frequently-used methods of parasite load assay in vaccinated mice

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2020
Objective: To compare limiting dilution assay and real-time PCR methods in Leishmania tropica parasite load measurement in vaccinated mice. Methods: BALB/c mice were vaccinated by Leishmania tropica soluble Leishmania antigen or recombinant Leishmania ...
Fatemeh Nemati Zargaran, Mosayeb Rostamian, Alisha Akya, Hamid M Niknam   +3 more
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Phytotherapy in Leishmania infantum and Leishmania tropica [PDF]

, 2017
Leishmaniasis is a tropical zoonotic disease, transferred from conveyer sandflies. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis is the second common disease after malaria, prevalent in many tropical countries of the world.
Rafieian-Kopaei, M., Abdi, J., Naserifar, R., Bahmani, M., Abbaszadeh, S., Adineh, S. H.   +5 more
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Prevalence of Leishmania species among patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Qassim province of Saudi Arabia

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection endemic in more than ninety countries of the world. The cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a most common form of leishmaniasis and it remains to be a major public health issue in Saudi Arabia. This study was
Zafar Rasheed, Ahmed A. Ahmed, Tarek Salem, Mohammed S. Al-Dhubaibi, Ahmad A. Al Robaee, Abdullateef A. Alzolibani   +5 more
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Mucocutaneous Leishmania tropica infection in a dog from a human cutaneous leishmaniasis focus

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Leishmania tropica is a causative agent of cutaneous leishmanaisis in the Middle East, North Africa and parts of southeastern Europe. Although transmission of L.
Gad Baneth, Doni Zivotofsky, Yaarit Nachum-Biala, Daniel Yasur-Landau, Ana-Maria Botero   +4 more
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Treatment of localised cutaneous Leishmania tropica infection in Aleppo, Syria and drug sensitivity of clinical isolates [PDF]

Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica has been endemic in Aleppo, Syria for centuries. The first modem description of the disease was also done in Aleppo.
Abazid, Nizar
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Leishmania cytochrome b gene sequence polymorphisms in southern Iran: relationships with different cutaneous clinical manifestations

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania species, is a geographically extensive disease that infects humans and animals. CL is endemic in half of the 31 provinces of Iran, with 29,201 incidence cases reported in Fars province from ...
Iraj Mohammadpour, Gholam Reza Hatam, Farhad Handjani, Farzaneh Bozorg-Ghalati, Daniel PourKamal, Mohammad Hossein Motazedian   +5 more
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Two Leishmania species circulating in the Kaleybar focus of infantile visceral leishmaniasis, northwest Iran: implications for deltamethrin dog collar intervention

, 2008
Leishmania infantum is the causative agent of infantile visceral leishmaniasis (IVL) in the Mediterranean Basin and, based on isoenzyme typing of a few isolates from patients and domestic dogs, this parasite was considered to predominate in the Kaleybar ...
Ready, P. D. (Paul Donald), Parvizi, P, Mazloumi-Gavgani, A. S., Davies, CR, Ready, PD, Courtenay, Orin, P.D. Ready, P. Parvizi, A.S. Mazloumi-Gavgani, C.R. Davies, Parvizi, P., Courtenay, O, O. Courtenay, Mazloumi-Gavgani, AS, Davies, C. R.   +14 more
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