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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
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Cirrhosis of Liver in Patients With Dyskeratosis Congenita: A Report of Two Cases

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2026.
Classical mucocuaneous triad of dyskeratosis congenita in a patient with decompensated cirrhosis. ABSTRACT Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a genetic disorder characterized by multisystem involvement. The most commonly affected systems are the mucocutaneous, bone marrow, and lungs.
Bigyan Maharjan, Pradeep Neupane, Bikash Poudel, Ramesh Jha, Suraj Subedi, Jessica Baral, Abhishek Pandit, Shraddha Uprety, Mukesh Kumar Ranjan   +8 more
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Clinical pattern and treatment outcome of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Somali region, eastern Ethiopia

Skin Health and Disease
Background Neglected tropical diseases, affecting over a billion people, include leishmaniasis, a protozoan parasite found in over 20 species. It is classified into three types: visceral, cutaneous, and muco‐cutaneous leishmaniasis, with cutaneous ...
Abdilahi Ibrahim Muse, Muse Obsiye Ibrahim, Muse Ahmed Ibrahim   +2 more
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Ultrastructural expansion microscopy reveals unexpected levels of glycosome heterogeneity in African trypanosomes

Journal of Microscopy, Volume 301, Issue 2, Page 222-240, February 2026.
Abstract Kinetoplastid parasites include several species. Trypanosoma brucei causes African sleeping sickness in humans and a wasting disease nagana in livestock. Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease and Leishmania species cause leishmaniasis, which can present with visceral, cutaneous, or mucocutaneous symptoms.
Heidi Anderson, Rhonda Reigers Powell, Meredith Teilhet Morris   +2 more
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Unveiling the Leishmanicidal Mechanism of 4‐Nerolidylcatechol Isolated From Piper peltatum Against Leishmania infantum

Chemistry &Biodiversity, Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The present study assessed the leishmanicidal activity of 4‐nerolidylcatechol (4‐NC) (1) isolated from Piper peltatum leaves against promastigotes and amastigotes of Leishmania amazonensis, L. braziliensis, and L. infantum. The plant was fractionated, leading to the isolation and chemical identification of 4‐NC (1). Biochemical techniques were
Fabiana Brusco Lorenzetti, Rodolfo Bento Balbinot, Danielle Lazarin‐Bidóia, Viviane dos Santos Faiões, Eduardo Caio Torres‐Santos, Celso Vataru Nakamura, Tânia Ueda‐Nakamura, Diógenes Aparício Garcia Cortez, Benedito Prado Dias Filho   +8 more
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Leishmaniasis: Recent epidemiological studies in the Middle East

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Leishmaniasis, one of the most neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), is the third most important vector-borne disease worldwide. This disease has a global impact and severity of the infection and is greatest in the Middle East.
Chinyere A. Knight, David R. Harris, Shifaa O. Alshammari, Ayele Gugssa, Todd Young, Clarence M. Lee   +5 more
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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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Diagnosis of leishmaniasis

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014
Leishmaniasis is a clinically heterogeneous syndrome caused by intracellular protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. The clinical spectrum of leishmaniasis encompasses subclinical ( not apparent), localized (skin lesion), and disseminated (cutaneous,
Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy, Antonio Sampedro Martinez, Javier Rodriguez-Granger, Yannick Hoyos-Mallecot, Ahamd Agil, Jose Mari Navarro Mari, Jose Gutierrez Fernandez   +6 more
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Different Patterns of Lichen Planus in Three Members of One Family

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The pathogenesis of Lichen Planus (LP) and its variants, despite many investigative efforts, remains incompletely understood. The occurrence of the disease in siblings suggests a potential role for both genetic and shared environmental factors. Here, three Iranian siblings—one male and two females—who presented with various clinical forms of LP were ...
Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini, Maryam Khalili, Fahimeh Shirdel, Mahsa Pourmahdi-Boroujeni, Semonti Nandi   +4 more
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Cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in Sweden from 1996–2016: a retrospective study of clinical characteristics, treatments and outcomes

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Leishmaniasis is a neglected and poorly reported parasitic infection transmitted by sand flies in tropical and subtropical regions. Knowledge about leishmaniasis has become important in non-endemic countries due to increased migration and ...
Hedvig Glans, Leif Dotevall, Sara Karlsson Söbirk, Anna Färnert, Maria Bradley   +4 more
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