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Life Cycle Stage-Specific Accessibility of Leishmania donovani Chromatin at Transcription Start Regions

mSystems, 2021
Leishmaniacistrans
Janne Grünebast, Stephan Lorenzen, Julia Zummack, Joachim Clos   +3 more
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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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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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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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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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The potential role and apoptotic profile of three medicinal plant extracts on Leishmania tropica by MTT assay, macrophage model and flow cytometry analysis

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2021
Introduction: Treatment of leishmaniasis with conventional synthetic drugs is a major global challenge. This study was designed to explore the leishmanicidal activity and apoptotic profile of three leaf extracts on Leishmania tropica stages. Methods: The
Mozhde Ilaghi, Iraj Sharifi, Fariba Sharififar, Fatemeh Sharifi, Razieh Tavakoli Oliaee, Zahra Babaei, Manzume Shamsi Meimamandi, Alireza Keyhani, Mehdi Bamorovat   +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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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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Leishmania: Responding to environmental signals and challenges without regulated transcription

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2020
Here we describe the non-canonical control of gene expression in Leishmania, a single-cell parasite that is responsible for one of the major neglected tropical diseases.
Janne Grünebast, Joachim Clos
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