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Ruminants Epidemiology, Spatial Clustering and Multivariate Risk Modelling of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in District Bajaur, Pakistan. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
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 ...
Khan MA, Ali J, Ali Z, Rehman A, Shoib M, Fayaz S, Khan RU, Naz S, Momand NK, Perillo A, Alhidary IA.   +10 more
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An Unusual Presentation of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Patient with Substance Use: A Diagnostic and Management Case Report. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT In patients with atypical ulcers and travel history to endemic areas, a comprehensive diagnostic workup for cutaneous leishmaniasis is imperative. This case confirms Leishmania tropica through combined microscopy, culture, and PCR, leading to successful treatment with systemic glucantime and adjunctive wound care.
Pazoki H, Soleymani E, Kordi S, Fakhar M.   +3 more
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Thymus and Leishmania at the Crossroads: Autoimmunity and Cancer. [PDF]

Immunology
Conceptual ‘Crossroads Model’ linking Leishmania, thymic infection and immune dysregulation: an integrative model is proposed in which Leishmania infection disrupts thymic architecture and stromal–thymocyte interactions. These alterations converge to promote defective tolerance, increased autoimmune risk and a microenvironment permissive to malignant ...
Barros ABB, Leite GA, de Andrade AG, Reis MDDS, Cavalcante-Silva LHA, Lins MP.   +5 more
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Assessment of the Relationship between Human Papilloma Virus Infections and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma [PDF]

Middle East Journal of Cancer, 2020
Background: The relationship between HPV infection and skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) development in immunocompetent individuals is unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the association between HPV infection and skin SCC ...
Mohammad Javad Yazdanpanah, Noorieh Sharifi Sistani, Elnaz Hosseini, Elham Vosoughi, Seyed Saeid Hosseini, Mohammad Khajedaluee, Saeid Amel Jamehdar   +6 more
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Nutritional Intake and Chronicity Associated with the Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Role of Vitamin A

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2020
Background: Old world cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is known as a self-healing cutaneous parasitic infection. Host immunity has a fundamental role in the course of this infection. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between nutritional
Vahid MASHAYEKHI GOYONLO, Abdolreza NOROUZY, Mohsen NEMATI, Pouran LAYEGH, Saeed AKHLAGHI, Ahmad Reza TAHERI, Bita KIAFAR   +6 more
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Local increase of arginase activity in lesions of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease that is in Ethiopia mainly caused by the parasite Leishmania aethiopica. This neglected tropical disease is common in rural areas and causes serious morbidity.
Cloke, T, Abebe Tamrat, Mekonen Woinshet, Modolell, M, Thomas Cloke, Woldeyes Mihretu, Seich Al Basatena, Nafisa-Katrin, Abebe, T., Corware, Karina, Bilcha, K, Seich al Basatena, N., Munder, M, Lionel Fry, Tacchini-Cottier, F, Ingrid Müller, Kropf, P, Müller, Ingrid, Markus Munder, Bilcha, K., Fry Lionel, Seich Al Basatena, N.K., Cloke Thomas, Hailu, A., Cloke, Thomas, Mueller, I, Mihretu Woldeyes, Pascale Kropf, Müller Ingrid, Mekonen, Woinshet, Karina Corware, Modolell, Manuel, al Basatena, N-KS, Müller, I., Woldeyes, M, Woinshet Mekonen, Corware, K, Asrat Hailu, Kassahun Bilcha, Corware Karina, Abebe, T, Woldeyes, Mihretu, Munder, Markus, Manuel Modolell, Mekonen, W., Hailu, A, Modolell Manuel, Fry, Lionel, Kropf Pascale, Abebe, Tamrat, Fry, L., Fry, L, Corware, K., Cloke, T., Modolell, M., Munder, M., Tacchini-Cottier, Fabienne, Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier, Kropf, P., Kropf, Pascale, Bilcha, Kassahun, Tacchini-Cottier, F., Woldeyes, M., Munder Markus, Nafisa-Katrin Seich Al Basatena, Mekonen, W, Tacchini-Cottier Fabienne, Hailu Asrat, Hailu, Asrat, Tamrat Abebe, Bilcha Kassahun, Seich al Basatena Nafisa-Katrin   +70 more
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Evaluation of Serum Protein Carbonyl Levels and Total Antioxidant Capacity in Patients With Basal Cell Carcinoma

Acta Medica Iranica, 2023
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Seyed Isaac Hashemy, Ahmad Reza Taheri, Morteza Behnamfard, Mehrdad Teimoorian, Sara Sabouri Rad   +4 more
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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

The Moldovan Medical Journal, 2018
Background: Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by parasites of the Leishmania type. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected worldwide, zoonotic, vector-borne, tropical disease. The clinical spectrum of leishmaniasis ranges from a self-resolving cutaneous ulcer to a mutilating mucocutaneous disease and even to a lethal systemic illness.
Placinta, Gheorghe, Pantea, Victor, Cebotarescu, Valentin, Cojuhari, Lilia, Paveliuc, Petru, Musteata, Tatiana, Panasiuc, Alexandru, Lungu, Victoria, Simonov, Ludmila   +8 more
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Bayesian geostatistical modeling of leishmaniasis incidence in Brazil [PDF]

, 2013
Leishmaniasis is endemic in 98 countries with an estimated 350 million people at risk and approximately 2 million cases annually. Brazil is one of the most severely affected countries.; We applied Bayesian geostatistical negative binomial models to ...
Dimitrios-Alexios Karagiannis-Voules (411801), Luiz H. Guimarães (5650114), Luiz H Guimarães, Utzinger, Jürg, Jürg Utzinger (39609), Scholte, Ronaldo G. C., Guimarães, Luiz H., Ronaldo G C Scholte, Ronaldo G. C. Scholte (411802), Karagiannis-Voules, Dimitrios-Alexios, Penelope Vounatsou, Penelope Vounatsou (49253), Dimitrios-Alexios Karagiannis-Voules, Vounatsou, Penelope, Jürg Utzinger   +14 more
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Psoriasis and indigo naturalis as a treatment [PDF]

Reviews in Clinical Medicine, 2014
Psoriasis is an inflammatory and proliferative disease. Psoriasis clinical features vary from plaque-type psoriasis to pustular form. Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease, which affects epidermal keratinocytes.
Mohammad Imani, Mohammad Javad Yazdanpanah, Hoda Azizi, Touba Ahmadzadeh Sani, Mahnaz Banihashemi, Hamid Reza Bahrami-Taghanaki, Mohammad Khajedaluee   +6 more
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