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Leishmaniasis in the Argentine Republic: Temporal and geographical distribution from 2013 to 2017

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2019
Objective: To assess the temporal and geographical distribution of confirmed cases of cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in the Argentine Republic from 2013 to 2017.
María J Germano, María C Salomón, Gisela Neira, Esteban Lozano, Juan P Mackern-Oberti, Diego E Cargnelutti   +5 more
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Challenges in diagnosis of genital ulcers: a genital leishmaniasis case series

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2021
Leishmaniasis is a tropical infectious disease caused by Leishmania spp. protozoa and is transmitted by insects from the Phlebotominae subfamily. It can manifest as cutaneous leishmaniasis, a painless ulcer that can develop into a more serious systemic ...
Marina Dias de Souza, Aloísio Falqueto, Gabriela Lopes de Morais, Amanda da Silva Salomão, Fernanda Daher Pereira   +4 more
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Leishmania isoenzyme polymorphisms in Ecuador: Relationships with geographic distribution and clinical presentation [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Determinants of the clinical presentation of the leishmaniases are poorly understood but Leishmania species and strain differences are important.
A Schriefer, AL Bañuls, B Rotureau, CM Lucas, D Evans, D McMahon-Pratt, E Cupolillo, E Cupolillo, E Handman, E Handman, EA Gomez, Eduardo A Gomez, F Pratlong, H Yamasaki, Hiroshi Uezato, Hirotomo Kato, J Convit, JB Alexander, JC Dujardin, JC Dujardin, JD Marco, JJ Shaw, Jorge D Marco, M Calvopina, M Calvopina, M Chico, M Furuya, Manuel Calvopina, Masataka Korenaga, NE Reiner, NG Saravia, P Jaccard, Paola A Barroso, Philip J Cooper, RD Kreutzer, Rodrigo X Armijos, RX Armijos, RX Armijos, S Kumar, S Nonaka, SB Abderrazak, Shigeo Nonaka, T Mimori, Tatsuyuki Mimori, World Health Organization, Y Hashiguchi, Y Hashiguchi, Y Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa Hashiguchi   +48 more
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Haga su diagnostico Case for diagnosis

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2008
Comunicamos un paciente joven, que presentaba una inmunodepresión atribuida al alcohol y la desnutrición, que consultó por numerosas lesiones. Luego de los estudios auxiliares se llegó al diagnóstico y mostró buena respuesta al tratamiento convencional ...
Victoria Rivelli, Liz Domínguez, Graciela Gorostiaga, Gloria Mendoza, Arnaldo Aldama   +4 more
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Mucosal relapse of visceral leishmaniasis in a child treated with anti-TNFα

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Visceral leishmaniasis is an enzootic parasitosis present across the Mediterranean Basin. Some consider it an opportunistic parasite. We report the case of a girl treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNFα) for juvenile idiopathic ...
E. Jeziorski, J. Dereure, G. Mac Bullen, C. Blanchet, C. Ludwig, V. Costes, M. Rodière   +6 more
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Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Negative Microscopic Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Rural Peru. [PDF]

, 2018
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic to South America where diagnosis is most commonly conducted via microscopy. Patients with suspected leishmaniasis were referred for enrollment by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Lima, Iquitos, Puerto Maldonado, and ...
Alves, Clark, Ballard, Sarah-Blythe, Fuhrer, Jack, Lamm, Ryan, Lescano, Andres G., Messina, Catherine, Murphy, Meagan, Perez, Erika, Perrotta, Grace, Rosales, Luis Angel, Sanchez, Juan F., Smith, Edward, Valdivia, Hugo   +12 more
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Gender and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Israel

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Leishmaniasis is estimated to be more common in males than in females. Our purpose was to evaluate differences in preponderance in relation to sex and gender across cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Israel. An observational study was performed,
Michal Solomon, Inbal Fuchs, Yael Glazer, Eli Schwartz   +3 more
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Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis/HIV Coinfection Presented as a Diffuse Desquamative Rash

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2014
Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease that is endemic in tropical areas and in the Mediterranean. This condition spreads to 98 countries in four continents, surpassing 12 million infected individuals, with 350 million people at risk of infection.
Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva, Daniel Sugui, Rafael Fernandes Nunes, Karime de Azevedo, Marcelo de Azevedo, Alexandre Marques, Carlos Martins, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Ferry   +7 more
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Atypical Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis Presentation Mimicking Rectal Cancer

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2023
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease affecting mostly the exposed skin, causing severe and disfiguring lesions in Ethiopia. In this report, we present two cases of atypical mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; one HIV positive and one HIV ...
Helina Fikre, Ermias Teklehaimanot, Rezika Mohammed, Miklol Mengistu, Bewketu Abebe, Johan van Griensven, Saskia van Henten   +6 more
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The immunological, environmental, and phylogenetic perpetrators of metastatic leishmaniasis. [PDF]

, 2014
Cutaneous leishmaniases have persisted for centuries as chronically disfiguring parasitic infections affecting millions of people across the subtropics.
Beverley, S.M., Drexler, S., Fasel, N., Hartley, M.A., Ronet, C.   +4 more
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