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Local increase of arginase activity in lesions of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease that is in Ethiopia mainly caused by the parasite Leishmania aethiopica. This neglected tropical disease is common in rural areas and causes serious morbidity.
Cloke, T   +70 more
core   +1 more source

Haga su diagnostico Case for diagnosis

open access: yesAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2008
Comunicamos un paciente joven, que presentaba una inmunodepresión atribuida al alcohol y la desnutrición, que consultó por numerosas lesiones. Luego de los estudios auxiliares se llegó al diagnóstico y mostró buena respuesta al tratamiento convencional ...
Victoria Rivelli   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indoor and peridomestic transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in northwestern Argentina: a retrospective case-control study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
A case-control study was carried out during 1990-1994 to identify risk factors associated with American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
Quigley, Maria A   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Mucosal relapse of visceral leishmaniasis in a child treated with anti-TNFα

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Visceral leishmaniasis is an enzootic parasitosis present across the Mediterranean Basin. Some consider it an opportunistic parasite. We report the case of a girl treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNFα) for juvenile idiopathic ...
E. Jeziorski   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges in diagnosis of genital ulcers: a genital leishmaniasis case series

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2021
Leishmaniasis is a tropical infectious disease caused by Leishmania spp. protozoa and is transmitted by insects from the Phlebotominae subfamily. It can manifest as cutaneous leishmaniasis, a painless ulcer that can develop into a more serious systemic ...
Marina Dias de Souza   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors for anthroponotic cutaneous Leishmaniasis at the household level in Kabul, Afghanistan. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
BACKGROUND: Kabul, Afghanistan, is the largest focus of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in the world. ACL is a protozoan disease transmitted to humans by the bite of phlebotomine sand flies.
Reithinger, Richard   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Gender and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Israel

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Leishmaniasis is estimated to be more common in males than in females. Our purpose was to evaluate differences in preponderance in relation to sex and gender across cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Israel. An observational study was performed,
Michal Solomon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kidney involvement in leishmaniasis—a review

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania transmitted by insects of the genus Lutzomyia sp. or Phlebotomus sp.
Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estudo clínico, epidemiológico e terapêutico de 402 pacientes com leishmaniose tegumentar americana atendidos no Hospital Universitário de Brasília, DF, Brasil Clinical, epidemiological and therapeuthic study of 402 patients with american cutaneous leishmaniasis attended at University Hospital of Brasilia, DF, Brazil

open access: yesAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2005
FUNDAMENTOS: A leishmaniose tegumentar americana é doença em expansão no Brasil. A região Centro-Oeste é hoje a terceira em incidência e a primeira em crescimento da doença.
Roberto Querido Name   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical aspects and relevance of molecular diagnosis in late mucocutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Paraná, Brazil

open access: yesBrazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2011
The aim of the present work was to study the clinical aspects and relevance of molecular diagnosis in late mucocutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Parana, Brazil.
Andréa Thomaz-Soccol   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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