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Therapeutic Effect of Barberry (Berberis vulgaris) Root Extract on Experimental Cutaneous Leishmaniosis in a BALB/c Mouse Model

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 5, September 2025.
Barberry (Berberis vulgaris) root extract shows potential in treating cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major. In a BALB/c mouse model, treatment significantly reduced wound size and parasite load while enhancing inflammatory markers IL‐1 and IL‐6. These results highlight barberry's therapeutic promise against leishmaniasis.
Sadegh Shirian, Morteza Norouzi Cholcheh, Saeed Habibian Dehkordi, Behnam Bakhtiari Moghadam   +3 more
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Elimination of visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: cross-sector collaboration and cost sharing to promote sustainability

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: Sustainable elimination of visceral leishmaniasis as a public health problem requires the contribution of various stakeholders led by the governments.
Duncan Ochol, Kebron Haile, Nathan Onduma, Tsegaye Yohanes, Kimberly Kamara   +4 more
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Investigation of Potential Inhibitors of N‐Myristoyltransferase in Leishmania amazonensis: A Computational and Experimental Study

Chemical Biology &Drug Design, Volume 106, Issue 3, September 2025.
Leishmaniasis is a significant health threat due to its various clinical forms and the challenges posed by current treatments. This study identifies three promising chemical compounds, CL 54016012, CL 74995016, and EXP 6689657, as potential inhibitors of N‐myristoyltransferase (NMT) in Leishmania amazonensis, offering new avenues for therapeutic ...
Mariana Sant’Anna Pereira Nicolau, Millena Almeida Resende, Cintia de Campos Chaves, Renata Santos Rodrigues, Veridiana de Melo Rodrigues, Nilson Nicolau‐Junior, Kelly Aparecida Geraldo Yoneyama   +6 more
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Drug Resistance in Visceral Leishmaniasis [PDF]

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2010
Visceral leishmaniasis remains a public health problem worldwide. This illness was included by the World Health Organization in the list of neglected tropical diseases targeted for elimination by 2015. The widespread emergence of resistance to pentavalent antimonials in India where half cases occur globally and the unavailability of a vaccine in ...
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Vulnerability to the transmission of human visceral leishmaniasis in a Brazilian urban area

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To analyze the determinants for the occurrence of human visceral leishmaniasis linked to the conditions of vulnerability. METHODS This is an ecological study, whose spatial analysis unit was the Territorial Analysis Unit in Araguaína, State ...
Celina Roma Sánchez de Toledo, Andréa Sobral de Almeida, Sergio Augusto de Miranda Chaves, Paulo Chagastelles Sabroza, Luciano Medeiros Toledo, Jefferson Pereira Caldas   +5 more
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Is Visceral Leishmaniasis the same in HIV-coinfected adults?

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Introduction: Visceral Leishmaniasis is the most severe form of disease caused by the Leishmania donovani complex, with significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries.
Guilherme Alves de Lima Henn, Alberto Novaes Ramos Júnior, Jeová Keny Baima Colares, Lorena Pinho Mendes, João Gabriel Colares Silveira, Anderson Alberto Façanha Lima, Bárbara Pontes Aires, Mônica Cardoso Façanha   +7 more
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Pediatric visceral leishmaniasis in Albania

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in children is endemic in southern Europe but has not been previously reported from Albania. This prospective study reports the clinical and laboratory findings in 50 children with visceral leishmaniasis, the value of a direct agglutination test (DAT), and the result of treatment with meglumine antimonate.Sera obtained from ...
G. Sulcebe, Farzin Davachi, Mira Basha, Hamaide Bregu, Gjeorgjina Lito   +4 more
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Leishmaniasis in rheumatoid arthritis

Reumatismo, 2011
Leishmaniasis represents a complex of diseases with an important clinical and epidemiological diversity. Visceral leishmaniasis is of higher priority than cutaneous leishmaniasis as it is a fatal disease in the absence of treatment. The clinical spectrum
M. Cutolo, M.E. Secchi, C. Pizzorni
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Interstitial pneumonitis in canine visceral leishmaniasis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1986
Forty-one naturally infected dogs with visceral leishmaniasis from an urban area of Corumbá (Mato Grosso do Sul-BRAZIL) were studied and three types of lung involvement due to visceral leishmaniasis were characterized; a cellular, a cellular-fibrotic and
M. I. S. Duarte, M. D. Laurenti, V. L. Brandão Nunes, A. F. Rego Jr., E. T. Oshiro, C. E. P. Corbett   +5 more
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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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