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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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Moroccan strains of Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica differentially impact on nitric oxide production by macrophages

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania. In Morocco, CL is a public health problem mainly caused by Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica, which are responsible for zoonotic
Hasnaa Maksouri, Pham My-Chan Dang, Vasco Rodrigues, Jérôme Estaquier, Myriam Riyad, Khadija Akarid   +5 more
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The first detection of Leishmania major in naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta in Portugal [PDF]

, 2013
Phlebotomine sandflies of the genus Sergentomyia are widely distributed throughout the Old World. It has been suggested that Sergentomyia spp are involved in the transmission of Leishmania in India and Africa, whereas Phlebotomus spp are thought to be ...
Afonso, Maria Odete, Campino, Lenea, Cortes, Sofia, Dionisio, Lidia, Maia, Carla, Neto, Luis   +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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Management of trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis [PDF]

, 2012
<p>Background: The current treatments for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), Chagas disease and leishmaniasis (collectively referred to as the kinetoplastid diseases) are far from ideal but, for some, there has been significant recent progress ...
Alsford, Alvar, Alvar, Barrett, Barrett, Ben Salah, Berman, Bern, Brun, Brun, Burri, Chappuis, Coura, Croft, Croft, El-Sayed, Frearson, Hailu, Jacobs, Jacobs, Le Loup, Lessa, M. P. Barrett, Miranda-Verastegui, Paine, Pinazo, Priotto, Rassi, Reithinger, Rodgers, S. L. Croft, Stuart, Sundar, Sundar, Sundar, Sundar, Torreele, Vanhollebeke, Vincent, Voogd   +39 more
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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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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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Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment response varies depending on parasite species, geographical location and development of secondary infection [PDF]

, 2019
Background: In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Leishmania major and L. tropica are the main causative agents of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL).
Acosta-Serrano, Álvaro, Al-Salem, Waleed S., Al-Shahrani, Ali M., Alraey, Yasser, Alsohibany, Khalid S., Alyamani, Essam J., Alzahrani, Mohamed H., Alzeyadi, Zeyad, Assiri, Abdullah M., Balghonaim, Salah M., Casas-Sánchez, Aitor, Dyer, Naomi A., Halliday, Alice, Kelly-Hope, Louise, Memish, Ziad, Solórzano, Carla, Weedall, Gareth D.   +16 more
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Cure of murine leishmaniasis with anti-interleukin 4 monoclonal antibody. Evidence for a T cell-dependent, interferon gamma-independent mechanism. [PDF]

, 1990
BALB/c mice infected with Leishmania major develop fatal, progressive disease, despite an immune response characterized by expansion of CD4+ T cells in the draining lymph nodes.
Dawkins, RS, Heinzel, FP, Holaday, BJ, Locksley, RM, Pu, RT, Sadick, MD   +5 more
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Antimicrobial Activity of Locally Synthesized Carbon Nanosphere on Some Pathogenic Species of Bacteria and Parasites

مجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2021
Antibacterial activity of CNSs against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli was estimated. Higher inhibition zone of 18 mm and 20 mm were observed against S.
Ali Taha , Abdulqader Faisal, Shaimaa A., Mohammad Al-Halbosiy   +3 more
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