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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 +6 more
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Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2021 Leishmaniasis is one of the chronic debilitating vector-borne diseases caused by obligate intracellular protozoa. The global burden of disease although not increasing but potential risk of spread is there. At least 20 species of Leishmania are pathogenic to human beings. The transmission is from female sandfly through a blood meal.
Daga, Mradul K +2 more
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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 +1 more
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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 +4 more
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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 +3 more
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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 +4 more
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2006 Abstract Epidemiology, disease patterns, immunology, diagnosis, treatment and control measures of leishmaniasis are described. Various issues relating to leishmaniasis are highlighted: the relative lack of importance given to this disease is compared with other infections, climate change and its possible effect on extension of endemicity
Tonio V, Piscopo +1 more
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Gates Open Research, 2019 Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by Leishmania protozoa that are transmitted by female sand flies. On the Indian subcontinent (ISC), VL is targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for elimination as a public
NTD Modelling Consortium Visceral Leishmaniasis Group
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Evaluation of a new live recombinant vaccine against cutaneous leishmaniasis in BALB/c mice
Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background Leishmaniasis is a serious health problem in some parts of the world. In spite of the many known leishmaniasis control measures, the disease has continued to increase in endemic areas, and no effective vaccine has been discovered.
Samira Salari +3 more
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Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2013 Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease characterized by immune suppression. Successful treatment is usually followed by immune reconstitution and a dermatosis called post-Kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL).
Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil +7 more
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