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Sex in Immune Cells and Parasitic Diseases — A Complex Relationship

Immunological Reviews, Volume 337, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Epidemiological studies consistently show that many parasitic diseases affect males more frequently than females. These disparities are multifactorial, arising partly from gender‐specific behaviors that influence exposure risk and health‐seeking practices, especially in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Increasing evidence also highlights that
Barbara Honecker, Charlotte Sophie Hansen, Hanna Lotter   +2 more
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Mechanisms of Immune Evasion, Dissemination, and Persistence in Leishmania amazonensis Infection

Parasite Immunology, Volume 48, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Leishmania amazonensis is one of the etiological agents of cutaneous leishmaniasis in its localised form. Moreover, this parasite can cause more severe disease conditions, such as diffuse and disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis. The development of more severe clinical manifestations is associated with the parasite's ability to establish a ...
Arieli Bernardo Portugal, Renato Augusto DaMatta, Edézio Ferreira da Cunha Júnior, João Luiz Mendes Wanderley   +3 more
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Fauna de flebotomíneos (Diptera: Psychodidae) de uma reserva de campina no Estado do Amazonas, e sua importância epidemiológica Phlebotomine fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a campina reserve in the State of Amazonas, and its epidemiological importance

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2010
INTRODUÇÃO: No Brasil, a maior diversidade de flebotomíneos é encontrada na Região Amazônica, principalmente em floresta primária de terra-firme. No entanto, sua fauna ainda é pouco conhecida em outros ecossistemas desta região.
Plínio Eudson Santos da Silva, Rui Alves de Freitas, Dílvia Ferreira da Silva, Ronildo Baiatone Alencar   +3 more
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Using Biotic Interaction Networks for Prediction in Biodiversity and Emerging Diseases [PDF]

, 2008
Networks offer a powerful tool for understanding and visualizing inter-species interactions within an ecology. Previously considered examples, such as trophic networks, are just representations of experimentally observed direct interactions.
Autonoma México, Camila González-rosas, Carlos N. Ibarra-cerdeña, Christopher R. Stephens, Joaquin Giménez Heau, Victor Sánchez-cordero   +5 more
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Potentiality of LPS in Ameliorating the Histopathological Responses in Visceral Leishmaniasis‐Infected Mice

Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Objective Visceral leishmaniasis is the second most fatal parasite illness worldwide, and it is the most severe type of leishmaniasis. LPS is a crucial chemical compound on the bacterial cell wall that the host recognizes and uses to launch an immune response to eliminate invasive infections.
Ghusoon A. A. Al-Maphregy, Hazima mossa Alabassi, Ashwaq Ahmed Hussein, Satabdi Datta Choudhury   +3 more
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Flebotomíneo em fragmentos de Mata Atlântica na Região Metropolitana do Recife, PE

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2005
Foi realizada uma investigação sobre a distribuição da fauna flebotomínica em 4 fragmentos da Mata Atlântica na Região Metropolitana do Recife. Consistiu na captura de insetos adultos com auxilio de armadilhas luminosas CDC.
Dílvia Ferreira Silva, Simão Dias Vasconcelos   +1 more
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Descriptions de deux nouvelles espèces de Phlébotomes (Diptera : Psychodidae) de région subandine de Bolivie [PDF]

, 1991
Description de deux nouvelles espèces de Phlébotomes de région subandine de Bolivie (alt. : 900-2700 m). #Lutzomyia torresi$ n.sp. est très proche de #L. boliviana$ qui n'a jusqu'à maintenant été rattachée à aucun groupe ou série; elle est cavernicole ou
Desjeux, P., Le Pont, François
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The Safety and Efficacy of an Immunomodulator Garlic‐Based Cream (LeishG1) for Treating Uncomplicated Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Single‐Blind, Multi‐Center Study

Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a major problem in developing nations, particularly in the Middle East. Novel herbal treatment options may provide a safe alternative associated with favorable outcomes in CL lesion healing.
Fatemeh Emadi, Zohreh Khodashenas, Azadeh Rashidi, Ali Khamesipour, Mehdi Zaboli, Mehri Ghafourian, Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh, Fatemeh Tuserkani, Tooba Ghazanfari   +8 more
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Variación temporal de especies de Lutzomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae) en el área urbana de Sincelejo (Colombia)

Salud Uninorte, 2012
Objetivos: Determinar la diversidad y la variación temporal de especies de Lutzomyia en el área urbana de Sincelejo (Colombia). Materiales y métodos: Se seleccionaron siete barrios de Sincelejo, capital del departamento de Sucre.
Luz Fernanda Lambraño Cruz, Gustavo Manjarrez Pinzón, Eduar Elías Bejarano Martínez   +2 more
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Description of Lutzomyia velezi, a new species of phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Department of Antioquia, Colombia

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia velezi sp.nov. was described and illustrated from male specimens collected by light trap in the Reserva Natural Cañon del Río Claro in the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes.
Eduar Elías Bejarano, Rafael José Vivero, Sandra Uribe   +2 more
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