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Leishmaniasis [PDF]

hautnah dermatologie, 2015
ZusammenfassungInfektionen mit Leishmanien gehören zu den Top 3 der häufigsten Reisedermatosen. Je nach Reiseland und Immunstatus des Patienten unterscheiden sich die Krankheitsbilder. Die Infektion bildet sich in 90 % der Fälle als kutane Leishmaniasis aus, kann sich aber auch an den inneren Organen manifestieren (viszerale Leishmaniasis).
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Life Cycle Stage-Specific Accessibility of Leishmania donovani Chromatin at Transcription Start Regions

mSystems, 2021
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Janne Grünebast, Stephan Lorenzen, Julia Zummack, Joachim Clos   +3 more
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Treatment-Based Strategy for the Management of Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Patients in the Sudan

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2013
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a dermatosis that affects more than 50% of successfully treated visceral leishmaniasis (VL) patients in Sudan.
A. M. Musa, E. A. G. Khalil, B. M. Younis, M. E. E. Elfaki, M. Y. Elamin, A. O. A. Adam, H. A. A. Mohamed, M. M. M. Dafalla, A. A. Abuzaid, A. M. El-Hassan   +9 more
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Limited effectiveness of high-dose liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in an Ethiopian population with high HIV prevalence. [PDF]

, 2011
Due to unacceptably high mortality with pentavalent antimonials, Médecins Sans Frontières in 2006 began using liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) patients in Ethiopia who were severely ill or positive for human ...
Aderie, Endashaw Mengistu, Chane, Solomon, Collin, Simon M, Davidson, Robert N, Piening, Turid, Ritmeijer, Koert, ter Horst, Rachel   +6 more
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Poor adherence is a major barrier to the proper treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis: A case-control field assessment in Iran

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2023
Leishmaniasis is an overlooked, poverty-stricken, and complex disease with growing social and public health problems. In general, leishmaniasis is a curable disease; however, there is an expansion of unresponsive cases to treatment in cutaneous ...
Mehdi Bamorovat, Iraj Sharifi, Setareh Agha Kuchak Afshari, Ali Karamoozian, Amirhossein Tahmouresi, Amireh Heshmatkhah, Ehsan Salarkia, Ahmad Khosravi, Maryam Hakimi Parizi, Maryam Barghi   +9 more
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The epidemiology of canine leishmaniasis: transmission rates estimated from a cohort study in Amazonian Brazil [PDF]

, 1997
We estimate the incidence rate, serological conversion rate and basic case reproduction number (R0) of Leishmania infantum from a cohort study of 126 domestic dogs exposed to natural infection rates over 2 years on Marajó Island, Pará State, Brazil.
Courtenay, O., Dye, C., Garcez, L.M., Quinnell, R.J.   +3 more
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Laryngeal Leishmaniasis [PDF]

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2012
Introduction: Leishmaniasis is classified into three clinical presentations: visceral, coetaneous and mucocutaneous. The latter is usually secondary to hematogenous spread after months or years of skin infection and can manifest as infiltrative lesions, ulcerated or vegetating in nose, pharynx, larynx and mouth, associated or not with ...
Moraes, Bruno Teixeira de, Amorim Filho, Francisco de Souza, Caporrino Neto, José, Saraceni Neto, Paulo, Melo Júnior, José Elson Santiago de   +4 more
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Visceral leishmaniasis-hepatitis B/C coinfections: a rising necessity to triage patients for treatment

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2014
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a life-threatening infection caused by Leishmania species. In Sudan, VL is caused by L donovani. Most drugs used to treat VL, especially pentavalent antimony compounds (sodium stibogluconate, SSG),
Abubakr O. A. Adam, Mohamed M. M. Dafalla, Hatim A. A. Mohammed, Mohamed Y. Elamin, Brima M. Younis, Mona E. E. Elfaki, Ahmed M. Musa, Ahmed M. Elhassan, Eltahir A. G. Khalil   +8 more
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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Allows Rapid, Simple and Accurate Molecular Diagnosis of Human Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum When Compared to PCR

Microorganisms, 2021
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification allows the rapid, sensitive and specific amplification of DNA without complex and expensive equipment. We compared the diagnostic performance of Loopamp™ Leishmania Detection Kit (Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo ...
Ana Victoria Ibarra-Meneses, Carmen Chicharro, Carmen Sánchez, Emilia García, Sheila Ortega, Joseph Mathu Ndung’u, Javier Moreno, Israel Cruz, Eugenia Carrillo   +8 more
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Leishmaniasis [PDF]

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, 2008
SummaryLeishmaniasis is a clinically heterogeneous group of diseases, caused by infection with protozoa of the genus Leishmania. The aggressiveness of the individual species, their organ preference and the host immune status determine disease course.
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