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Pathogenic Significance of Trypanosomatids: Progress in Drug Resistance, Control Strategies, and Artificial Intelligence

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Trypanosomatids, including the genera Trypanosoma and Leishmania, are protozoan parasites of significant medical and veterinary relevance. These organisms cause African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, and leishmaniasis, which are classified as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
Cynthia Mmalebna Amisigo, Aboagye Kwarteng Dofuor, Jennifer Afua Afrifa Yamoah, Albert Fynn Aiduenu, Blessing Kwabena Gayi, Angelina Akomea, Zenabu Lansah Alidu, Gideon Danso, Selina Mawunyo Ayivi-Tosuh, Naa Kwarley-Aba Quartey, Joseph Harold Nyarko Osei, Seyram Kofi Loh, William Ekloh, Suraiya Saleem   +13 more
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Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis Causing Airway Compromise

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
A 37-year-old man presented with dyspnea and erythematous, nodular facial lesions. An examination revealed nasopharyngeal edema, and imaging showed prevertebral swelling. An extensive infectious and autoimmune evaluation was negative.
Soziema Salia, Maria E. Mesalles Ramirez, Rabin K. Shrestha   +2 more
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First molecular-based detection of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major in Iran

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2013
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, which mostly occurs in the New World, is mainly associated with Leishmania braziliensis and to a lesser degree L. panamensis and L. amazonensis infections.
Abdolvahab Alborzi, Gholam R Pouladfar, Abdolkarim Ghadimi Moghadam, Armin Attar, Nima Drakhshan, Mohsen Khosravi Maharlooei, Mohsen Kalantari   +6 more
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Leishmaniases of the New World from a historical and global perspective, from the 1930s to the 1960s [PDF]

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos
The first autochthonous cases of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in the Americas were described in 1909, but visceral leishmaniasis only erupted as a public health problem in the region in 1934.
Jaime Larry Benchimol
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Cerebral Complication of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: about a case

Journal de la Faculté de Médecine d'Oran, 2022
Leishmaniasis (L) is a cutaneous, mucocutaneous, or visceral disease caused by intracellular Leishmania protozoan parasites that are transmitted by the bite of female sand flies.
Schahrazed Linda MAGUENOUCHE, Radia BENALIA, Samira Makri MOKRANE   +2 more
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Therapy of Venezuelan patients with severe mucocutaneous or early lesions of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis with a vaccine containing pasteurized Leishmania promastigotes and bacillus Calmette-Guerin: preliminary report

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2004
Severe mucocutaneous (MCL) and diffuse (DCL) forms of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) are infrequent in Venezuela. Chemotherapy produces only transitory remission in DCL, and occasional treatment failures are observed in MCL.
Jacinto Convit, Marian Ulrich, María Argelia Polegre, Angela Avila, Noris Rodríguez, Maria Ilina Mazzedo, Belkis Blanco   +6 more
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Dermatologic and otorhinolaryngologic manifestations in leishmaniasis

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2011
Introduction: Leishmaniasis is an extremely important parasitic disease as regards epidemiology, and, in such a disease, man is an occasional host to the Leishmania protozoon.
Mota, Luiz Alberto Alves, Miranda, Roberta Ribeiro   +1 more
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Pentavalent Antimonials Combined with Other Therapeutic Alternatives for the Treatment of Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review

Dermatology Research and Practice, 2018
The first choice drugs for the treatment of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis are pentavalent antimonials, sodium stibogluconate, or meglumine antimoniate.
Taisa Rocha Navasconi Berbert, Tatiane França Perles de Mello, Priscila Wolf Nassif, Camila Alves Mota, Aline Verzignassi Silveira, Giovana Chiqueto Duarte, Izabel Galhardo Demarchi, Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides, Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Thaís Gomes Verziganassi Silveira   +10 more
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Leishmaniasis in humans and small animals: Updates and insights through a one health

Letters in Animal Biology
Leishmaniasis is neglected infectious disease caused by a type of microscopic parasite called Leishmania spp. This disease can affect both humans and animals, as well as sandflies.
Amirhossein Badkoubi , Niloofar Sanaeiha, Narges Safari, Zahra Dolati, Amirreza Khodakarami, Rastin Safari, Mohammad Arad Zandieh   +6 more
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Leishmaniose tegumentar americana na Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro: IV. reservatórios doméstios

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1981
Durante um surto de Leishmaniose Tegumemar Americana (LTA) na Praia Vermelha, Ilha Grande, município de Angra dos Reis, RJ, durante o ano de 1976, os autores examinaram 64 animais domésticos sendo 38 cães e 28 gatos. Nos 38 cães examinados, constatou-se,
Nelson A. de Araújo Filho, J. Rodrigues Coura, Vera Lúcia Lopes Reis   +2 more
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