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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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The follow up of experimentally infected hamsters with Leishmania tropica immunized with different vaccines

مجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2007
Some parameters for advancement of Leishmania tropica infection were examined in three groups of golden hamsters, Group (1) inoculated with autoclaved killed Leishmania tropica , Group (2) inoculated with BCG vaccine alone while Group (3) Inoculated with
Baghdad Science Journal
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Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in natural Leishmania populations vary with genetic background [PDF]

, 2012
The evolution of drug-resistance in pathogens is a major global health threat. Elucidating the molecular basis of pathogen drug-resistance has been the focus of many studies but rarely is it known whether a drug-resistance mechanism identified is ...
Dujardin, Jean-Claude, Decuypere, Saskia, Coombs, Graham H, Khanal, Basudha, Vanaerschot, Manu, Brunker, Kirstyn, Rijal, Suman, Imamura, Hideo, Müller, Sylke   +8 more
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Determination of frequency of Leishmania tropica in laboratory-confirmed cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis using an in-house conventional PCR test

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objective: To develop a low-cost, in-house conventional polymerase chain reaction method for leishmania tropica for epidemiological surveillance of disease.
Haroon Ur Rashid, Sakeenah Hussain Naqvi, Asad Zafar, Rabiya Ikram, Anam Imtiaz, Rabia Sajjad   +5 more
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Is it time to revise the nomenclature of Leishmania?

, 2010
Leishmania is notable for a large number of described species. Molecular phylogenies of Leishmania have increasingly suggested that the number of species could be too large.
Mauricio, Isabel, Gabriele Schönian, Isabel Mauricio, Cupolillo, Elisa, Elisa Cupolillo, Schönian, Gabriele   +5 more
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Ruminants Epidemiology, Spatial Clustering and Multivariate Risk Modelling of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in District Bajaur, Pakistan

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 4, July 2026.
This study investigated the epidemiology, risk factors and spatial distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis in District Bajaur, Pakistan. Higher prevalence was observed among young males during summer, with lesions mainly on exposed body parts. Spatial analysis identified Khar, Loe Mamund and Salarzai as hotspots, highlighting the need for targeted ...
Murad Ali Khan, Jawad Ali, Zohaib Ali, Abdur Rehman, Muhammad Shoib, Sadaf Fayaz, Rifat Ullah Khan, Shabana Naz, Naseer Khan Momand, Antonella Perillo, Ibrahim A. Alhidary   +10 more
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Epidemiology of the Leishmaniases in southwest Saudi Arabia. [PDF]

Visceral (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are public health problems in the southwest of Saudi Arabia. The causative parasites, the vectors and the possible animal reservoirs In that area were all unknown before this ...
Al-Zahrani, Mohammed Ali
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Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy. [PDF]

, 2007
Leishmaniasis is a geographically widespread severe disease, with an increasing incidence of two million cases per year and 350 million people from 88 countries at risk. The causative agents are species of Leishmania, a protozoan flagellate.
Soteriadou, Ketty, Tintaya, K Wilber Quispe, Oborník, Miroslav, Lukes, Julius, Ayala, Francisco J, Kuhls, Katrin, Dujardin, Jean-Claude, Mauricio, Isabel L, Jirků, Milan, Pratlong, Francine, Miles, Michael A, Chocholová, Eva, Haralambous, Christos, Dedet, Jean-Pierre, Horák, Ales, Schönian, Gabriele, Quispe Tintaya, K. W., Soteriadou, K., Haralambous, C., Mauricio, I. L., Dujardin, J. C., Chocholova, E., Pratlong, F., Jirku, M., Obornik, M., Schönian, G., Lukes, J., Miles, M. A., Dedet, J. P., Kuhls, K., Horak, A., Ayala, F. J.   +31 more
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