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Therapy of Venezuelan patients with severe mucocutaneous or early lesions of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis with a vaccine containing pasteurized Leishmania promastigotes and bacillus Calmette-Guerin: preliminary report

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2004
Severe mucocutaneous (MCL) and diffuse (DCL) forms of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) are infrequent in Venezuela. Chemotherapy produces only transitory remission in DCL, and occasional treatment failures are observed in MCL.
Jacinto Convit, Marian Ulrich, María Argelia Polegre, Angela Avila, Noris Rodríguez, Maria Ilina Mazzedo, Belkis Blanco   +6 more
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Dermatologic and otorhinolaryngologic manifestations in leishmaniasis

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2011
Introduction: Leishmaniasis is an extremely important parasitic disease as regards epidemiology, and, in such a disease, man is an occasional host to the Leishmania protozoon.
Mota, Luiz Alberto Alves, Miranda, Roberta Ribeiro   +1 more
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The molecular epidemiology and phylogeography of Trypanosoma cruzi and parallel research on Leishmania: looking back and to the future. [PDF]

, 2009
Trypanosoma cruzi is the protozoan agent of Chagas disease, and the most important parasitic disease in Latin America. Protozoa of the genus Leishmania are global agents of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis, fatal and disfiguring diseases.
Fitpatrick, S., Miles, M.A., Fitzpatrick, S, Mauricio, IL, Yeo, M., Gaunt, MW, Mauricio, I.L., Llewellyn, MS, Lewis, MD, Miles, MA, Baleela, R, Lewis, M.D., Gaunt, M.W., Yeo, M, Baleela, R., Llewellyn, M.S.   +15 more
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Leishmaniasis in humans and small animals: Updates and insights through a one health

Letters in Animal Biology
Leishmaniasis is neglected infectious disease caused by a type of microscopic parasite called Leishmania spp. This disease can affect both humans and animals, as well as sandflies.
Amirhossein Badkoubi , Niloofar Sanaeiha, Narges Safari, Zahra Dolati, Amirreza Khodakarami, Rastin Safari, Mohammad Arad Zandieh   +6 more
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Leishmaniasis: An Arabic Middle Eastern Glimpse [PDF]

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases
Leishmaniasis is a neglected, chronic vector-borne disease caused by an obligatory intracellular protozoan. Although the number of cases is not rising worldwide, it is geographically widespread. It is endemic in most Arabic countries. Human leishmaniasis
John Nazeer, Ayman Ashkar
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Clinical and therapeutic characteristics of 206 patients with mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. INI FIOCRUZ, 2014.

, 2014
n-valid numbers, Md - median, IQR - interquartile range.Clinical and therapeutic characteristics of 206 patients with mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. INI FIOCRUZ, 2014.
Cláudia Maria Valete-Rosalino (3173487), Aline Fagundes da Silva (658062), Mariana Reuter Palmeiro (658059), Ana Cristina da Costa Martins (658061), Armando de Oliveira Schubach (603149), Maria de Fátima Madeira (658063), João Soares Moreira (658060), Eliame Mouta Confort (658065), Leonardo Pereira Quintella (658064), Daniel Cesar Silva da Costa (658058), Fátima da Conceição Silva (658066)   +10 more
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Leishmania major: genetic heterogeneity of Iranian isolates by single-strand conformation polymorphism and sequence analysis of ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer.

, 2006
Protozoan parasites of Leishmania major are the causative agents of cutaneous leishmaniasis in different parts of Iran. We applied PCR-based methods to analyze L.
Mauricio, Isabel L, Al-Jawabreh, Amer, Alimohammadian, Mohammad Hossein, Tashakori, Mahnaz, Kuhls, Katrin, Farajnia, Safar, Schönian, Gabriele   +6 more
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Stigma associated with cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: A systematic review. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2023
Nuwangi H, Agampodi TC, Price HP, Shepherd T, Weerakoon KG, Agampodi SB.   +5 more
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Leishmaniose tegumentar americana na Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro: IV. reservatórios doméstios

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1981
Durante um surto de Leishmaniose Tegumemar Americana (LTA) na Praia Vermelha, Ilha Grande, município de Angra dos Reis, RJ, durante o ano de 1976, os autores examinaram 64 animais domésticos sendo 38 cães e 28 gatos. Nos 38 cães examinados, constatou-se,
Nelson A. de Araújo Filho, J. Rodrigues Coura, Vera Lúcia Lopes Reis   +2 more
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Use of itraconazole in the treatment of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: A pilot study

, 2000
Objectives: Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis is widely distributed in Brazil, with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis being the major etiologic agent. The currently recommended therapy is limited by its parenteral use, high toxicity, and variable efficacy.
Nicodemo, Antônio C., Duarte, Maria I.S., Valentini, Mario, Uip, David E., Padilha, Alexandre R.S., Neto, Vicente Amato, Amato, Valdir S., Boulos, Marcos   +7 more
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