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The Role of Foxes in Transmitting Zoonotic Bacteria to Humans: A Scoping Review

open access: yesZoonoses and Public Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Zoonotic diseases inflict substantial burdens on human and animal populations worldwide, and many of these infections are bacterial. An Australian study investigating environmental risk factors for Buruli ulcer in humans detected the causative agent, Mycobacterium ulcerans, in the faeces of wild foxes, a novel finding that suggests foxes may ...
Emma C. Hobbs   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monocyte Chemotactic Protein 1 in Plasma from Soluble Leishmania Antigen-Stimulated Whole Blood as a Potential Biomarker of the Cellular Immune Response to Leishmania infantum

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2017
New biomarkers are needed to identify asymptomatic Leishmania infection as well as immunity following vaccination or treatment. With the aim of finding a robust biomarker to assess an effective cellular immune response, monocyte chemotactic protein 1 ...
Ana V. Ibarra-Meneses   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validated LC‐MS/MS Method for Quantifying the Antiparasitic Nitroimidazole DNDI‐0690 in Preclinical Target Site PK/PD Studies

open access: yesBiomedical Chromatography, Volume 39, Issue 8, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Understanding the target site pharmacokinetics (PK) of the nitroimidazole analog DNDI‐0690, a potential drug for the neglected parasitic disease leishmaniasis, is important due to the diversity of infected tissue sites and potential drug penetration variability.
Wietse M. Schouten   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variable gene expression and parasite load predict treatment outcome in cutaneous leishmaniasis

open access: yesScience Translational Medicine, 2019
Variability in immune gene expression between patient lesions predicts treatment outcome in cutaneous leishmaniasis. Calling healing lesions Cutaneous leishmaniasis results in skin sores that can be difficult to treat, resulting in further complications.
C. Amorim   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The emergence of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis following the earthquake in southern villages of bam district, southeastern iran, 2010.

open access: yesJournal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2013
Background: The objective of this study was to assess the epidemiological characteristics of a new emerging focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in southern villages of Bam District, southeastern Iran, 2010.
Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian   +4 more
doaj  

Evaluation of the Cost – Effectiveness of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Treatment after the Earthquake in Bam [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2009
Background & Aims: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a vector – borne disease and at present it is one of the important health problems in tropical and sub - tropical countries including Iran.
M.R Aflatoniyan, I SHarifi, A.R Fekri
doaj  

Phlebotominae Sand Flies in Paraguay. Abundance Distribution in the Southeastern Region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
From September 1993 to August 2001, 7,190 phlebotomine were collected with CDC light trap in an endemic area for human leishmaniasis, in the departments of Misiones and Itapúa, Paraguay.
Cousiño, Blanca   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

A Short‐Read Amplicon Sequencing Protocol and Bioinformatic Pipeline for Ecological Surveillance of Dipteran Disease Vectors

open access: yesMolecular Ecology Resources, Volume 25, Issue 6, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Vector control remains an important strategy worldwide to prevent human infection with pathogens transmitted by arthropods. Vector control strategies rely on accurate identification of vector taxa along with vector‐specific biological indicators such as feeding ecology, infection prevalence and insecticide resistance.
Raquel Lima‐Cordón   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social and Economic Burden of Human Leishmaniasis.

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016
Leishmaniasis continues to pose a major public health problem worldwide. With new epidemics occurring in endemic areas and the spread of the disease to previously free areas because of migration, tourism, and military activities, there is a great need ...
Ifeoma B. Okwor, Jude E. Uzonna
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Palpebral leishmaniasis

open access: yesClinical Case Reports
Key Clinical MessageLeishmaniasis can mimic many conditions, including hordeolum, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma. The presence of kinetoplast in free‐form or intramacrophage amastigotes, ensuring us to establish the microscopic diagnosis of leishmaniasis.
Mohammad Sharifi   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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