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Advances in leishmaniasis

Lancet, The, 2005
Governed by parasite and host factors and immunoinflammatory responses, the clinical spectrum of leishmaniasis encompasses subclinical (inapparent), localised (skin lesions), and disseminated infection (cutaneous, mucosal, or visceral).
Berman, Jonathan D, Davies, Clive R, Murray, Henry W, Saravia, Nancy G   +3 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Burden of visceral leishmaniasis in villages of eastern gedaref state, Sudan: an exhaustive cross-sectional survey. [PDF]

, 2012
Since December 2009, Médecins Sans Frontières has diagnosed and treated patients with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Tabarak Allah Hospital, eastern Gedaref State, one of the main endemic foci of VL in Sudan.
A Ismail, A Stauch, AB Joshi, AM Musa, B Bucheton, CP Thakur, Dagemlidet Worku, DE Elnaiem, DE Elnaiem, EA Khalil, EE Zijlstra, EE Zijlstra, EE Zijlstra, EE Zijlstra, F Chappuis, Fabienne Nackers, François Chappuis, GK Adam, H Veeken, Hechmi Louzir, Himida Ali Gorashi, Jean-Claude Djoumessi, Jean-François Etard, JH Kolaczinski, K Ritmeijer, K Ritmeijer, K Ritmeijer, Khalid A. Ahmed, Koert Ritmeijer, Marleen Boelaert, Niven Salih, OF Osman, Omer Hammam, Rahma Eltigani, SE Meredith, Y Mueller, Yolanda Kathrin Mueller, ZM Luz   +37 more
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Spiny Hyperkeratosis-Like Follicular Mycosis Fungoides: A Case Report [PDF]

Middle East Journal of Cancer, 2023
Folliculotropic mycosis fungoides (FMF) is a rare variant of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma which is categorized as a separate entity. In histopathology, malignant lymphocytes selectively surround and infiltrate hair follicles.
Shatila Torabi, Sara Fakhraei, Naser Tayebi Meibodi, Farnaz Ahmadpour   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of clinical risk factors for systemic antimony treatment failure in patients with acute cutaneous leishmaniasis referred to dermatology clinics of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran [PDF]

Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Systemic or topical form of pentavalent antimony compounds such as Meglumine Antimoniate (MA) are used as Standard treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL).
Yalda Nahidi, Vahid Mashayekhi Goyonlo, Malihe Dadgarmoghaddam, Maesumeh Hosseininejad, Tahmineh Malakifard, Yasaman Rastgar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interspecies and Intrastrain Interplay among Leishmania spp. Parasites

Microorganisms, 2022
Leishmania parasites present astonishing adaptative abilities that represent a matter of life or death within disparate environments during the heteroxenous parasite life cycle.
Bruna Dias das Chagas, Thaís Martins Pereira, Lilian Motta Cantanhêde, Gabriela Pereira da Silva, Mariana Côrtes Boité, Luiza de Oliveira Ramos Pereira, Elisa Cupolillo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi Lainson & Shaw 1989

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Just over 30 years ago, a new species of Leishmania of the subgenus Leishmania (Viannia) was described infecting the armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus; then, a report of human infection followed.
Lilian Motta Cantanhêde, Elisa Cupolillo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Unresponsiveness to Treatment in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Focus on Anthroponotic Form Due to Leishmania tropica

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a curable disease; however, due to various risk factors, unresponsiveness to CL treatments is inevitable. The treatment of CL has been firmly correlated with multiple determinants, such as demographical, clinical, and ...
Mehdi Bamorovat, Iraj Sharifi, Razieh Tavakoli Oliaee, Abdollah Jafarzadeh, Ahmad Khosravi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unusual clinical presentation of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a patient with corticosteroid‐induced immunosuppression

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Clinicians should always consider rare, atypical, and opportunistic infections in patients undergoing long‐term systemic corticosteroid therapy. Diagnosis needs further evaluations and special consideration.
Maryam Mahdavi, Reihaneh Aryan, Yalda Nahidi, Mehrdad Teimoorian, Vahid Mashayekhi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Host-Specificity: Untangling the Relationship between Leishmania (Viannia) Species and Its Endosymbiont Leishmania RNA Virus 1

Microorganisms, 2023
A relevant aspect in the epidemiology of Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (TL) are the Leishmania parasites carrying a viral endosymbiont, Leishmania RNA Virus 1 (LRV1), a dsRNA virus.
Mayara Cristhine de Oliveira Santana, Khaled Chourabi, Lilian Motta Cantanhêde, Elisa Cupolillo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leishmaniasis: new approaches to disease control. [PDF]

, 2003
The leishmaniases afflict the world's poorest populations. Among the two million new cases each year in the 88 countries where the disease is endemic (fig 1), it is estimated that 80% earn less than $2 a day.
Croft, Simon L, Davies, Clive R, Kaye, Paul, Sundar, Shyam   +3 more
core   +2 more sources