Results 41 to 50 of about 9,578 (173)

Type I interferons induced by endogenous or exogenous viral infections promote metastasis and relapse of leishmaniasis. [PDF]

, 2017
The presence of the endogenous <i>Leishmania</i> RNA virus 1 (LRV1) replicating stably within some parasite species has been associated with the development of more severe forms of leishmaniasis and relapses after drug treatment in humans ...
Beverley, S.M., Castiglioni, P., Cusi, M.G., Desponds, C., Eren, R.O., Fasel, N., Hartley, M.A., Kuhlmann, F.M., Prével, F., Ronet, C., Rossi, M., Utzschneider, D.T., Zehn, D.   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Presentation of AIDS with Disseminated Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis in Iran

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2015
Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease in form of visceral (VL), cutaneous (CL), and mucocutaneous (MCL) leishmaniasis. Immunocompromised patients have increased risk of Leishmania infection, especially in endemic areas for visceral leishmaniasis, where
Mohammadali Davarpanah, Masumeh Rassaei, Fatemeh Sari aslani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leishmania enriettii in guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) in southern Brazil [PDF]

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
: Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease with a worldwide distribution, transmitted to animals and humans through the blood meal of sand flies, caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania.
Michelli L. de Souza, Fagner D. Fernandes, Gabriela Hartmann, Guilherme R. Cassanego, Rafael A. Fighera, Fernanda S.F. Vogel, Luís Antonio Sangioni   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Brief communication: Vitamin D serum levels in American tegumentary leishmaniasis from an endemic area in Northeast Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Introduction: The pathogenesis of cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis is associated with different immune responses. Vitamin D may modulate the immune system. Here we evaluate the association of vitamin D levels with the severity of the clinical forms of
Lorena Pinheiro Figueiredo, Thiago Cerqueira-Silva, Andréa Magalhães, Ednaldo Lima Lago, Marcus Miranda Lessa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Localised Leishmaniasis of Oral Mucosa: Report of an Unusual Clinicopathological Entity

Case Reports in Dentistry, 2014
The term leishmaniasis comprises of a group of diseases caused by different species of a protozoan called Leishmania. There are three main clinical forms of leishmaniasis: visceral leishmaniasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis ...
Deepak Passi, Sarang Sharma, Shubharanjan Dutta, Chandan Gupta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Severe Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patient Coinfected with Leishmania braziliensis and Its Endosymbiotic Virus. [PDF]

, 2016
Leishmania parasites cause a broad range of disease, with cutaneous afflictions being, by far, the most prevalent. Variations in disease severity and symptomatic spectrum are mostly associated to parasite species.
Adaui, Alexia Cusini, Alvar, Alvar, Amato, Amato, Bourreau, Carvalho, Carvalho, Catherine Ronet, Chantal Desponds, Costa, Couppie, de Souza e Souza, el Tai, Goto, Guerra, Haroun Zangger, Hartley, Ives, Laurent Parmentier, Lindoso, Machado, Machado, Mary-Anne Hartley, Nicolas Fasel, Norbert Müller, Patrick Dubach, Patrik Castiglioni, Reithinger, Salinas, Silveira, Stephen M. Beverley, Tarr, Turetz, Widmer, Zangger, Zangger   +37 more
core   +3 more sources

Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: A clinicopathologic classification

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1993
Leishmaniasis, a chronic parasitic disease transmitted by Phlebotomus sandflies, affects millions of patients. Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania brasiliensis is endemic in much of South America.Our purpose was to develop a system for staging mucocutaneous leishmaniasis on the basis of clinical, histopathologic, epidemiologic, and ...
O P, Sangueza, J M, Sangueza, M J, Stiller, P, Sangueza   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Antiprotozoal activity of flavonoids from Eupatorium arnottianum [PDF]

, 2017
Dichloromethane and ethanol extracts of Eupatorium arnottianum were evaluated for invitroleishmanicidal activity. The dichloromethane extract produced 80% and 85% of growthinhibition on both Leishmania mexicana and Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes ...
Cazorla, Silvia Ines, Clavin, Maria Liliana, Frank, Fernanda María, Malchiodi, Emilio Luis, Martino, Virginia Susana, Muschietti, Liliana Victoria, Sosa, Miguel Angel, Spina Zapata, Renata María   +7 more
core  

Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Australia: A case report

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Rationale: Australia is the only inhabited continent, which is not endemic to leishmaniasis. There are some published articles reporting cutaneous leishmaniasis in travellers, immigrants and refugees.
Anjali Abraham, Mini Jacob, Connor Wright, Belle Culhane   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is the Clinical Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Justified in Endemic Regions?

مجله كليه طب الكندي, 2023
Leishmaniasis is a transmissible infection brought about by an obligatory intracellular protozoan from the genus Leishmania.  It occurs worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions and can be burdensome in resource-constrained countries.
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi
doaj   +1 more source