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O desenvolvimento de vacinas contra as doenças tropicais negligenciadas [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde PúblicaAs doenças tropicais negligenciadas constituem um grupo heterogêneo de enfermidades que apresentam como característica comum afetarem populações pobres e desassistidas, com pouca capacidade de vocalização e de poder político.
Expedito José de Albuquerque Luna +1 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Glucantime (SbV) is the first-line treatment against American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis. Resistance cases to this drug have been reported and related to host characteristics and parasite phenotypes.
Anabel Zabala-Peñafiel +10 more
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Congenitally transmitted visceral leishmaniasis: report of two Brazilian human cases
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013 Visceral leishmaniasis is a relevant public health problem worldwide. Most of the reported cases in Latin America are from Brazil. Herein we report two human cases of congenitally transmitted visceral leishmaniasis in two patients who developed symptoms ...
Myrlena Regina Machado Mescouto-Borges +4 more
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Molecular detection of Leishmania spp. in dogs and a cat from Doha, Qatar
Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Canine and feline leishmanioses are increasingly reported worldwide and represent a threat to both animal and human health. Despite their relevance, data about leishmanioses in companion animals in the east-central part of the Arabian ...
Clara Lima +5 more
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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2012 American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is a focal disease whose surveillance and control require complex actions. The present study aimed to apply integrated tools related to entomological surveillance, environmental management, and health education ...
Cheryl Gouveia +6 more
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Thymic Microenvironment Is Modified by Malnutrition and Leishmania infantum Infection
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2019 Detrimental effects of malnutrition on immune responses to pathogens have long been recognized and it is considered a main risk factor for various infectious diseases, including visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
Monica Losada-Barragán +18 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background The taxonomic status of Leishmania (L.) killicki, a parasite that causes chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis, is not well defined yet. Indeed, some researchers suggested that this taxon could be included in the L.
Dhekra Chaara +11 more
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Sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Parque do Sabiá complex, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2011 Between April 2003 and May 2009 phlebotomine sandflies were collected in Parque do Sabiá complex, Uberlândia municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, using CDC and Shannon traps. The objective was to associate the sandfly species captured to the risk of
Elisângela de Azevedo Silva Rodrigues +3 more
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Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2012 The aim of this study was to identify potential blood feeding sources of L. (L.) longipalpis specimens from populations in Northeastern Brazil, endemic areas of American Visceral Leishmaniasis (AVL) and its correlation with the transmission of L. (L.) i.
Margarete Martins dos Santos Afonso +4 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseCutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a vector-borne disease caused by Leishmania spp. Molecular methods such as conventional PCR (cPCR) and real-time PCR (qPCR) show high accuracy but remain restricted to reference centers.
Elizabeth Cristina Araújo Ferreira Faulhaber +12 more
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