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Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Qom Province, Iran, during 2003-2009
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2012 Background and Objectives: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitological disease that is transmitted by sand flies. This disease is endemic in different areas of Iran.
A Saghafipour +3 more
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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2020 Objective: To determine the diversity of sand flies in different biotopes of mountainous and plain areas of Bam County as the most infected focus of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in southeast Iran, and synanthropic index of Phlebotomus sergenti ...
Saideh Yousefi +8 more
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Thymus and Leishmania at the Crossroads: Autoimmunity and Cancer
Immunology, Volume 178, Issue 3, Page 377-386, July 2026.Conceptual ‘Crossroads Model’ linking Leishmania, thymic infection and immune dysregulation: an integrative model is proposed in which Leishmania infection disrupts thymic architecture and stromal–thymocyte interactions. These alterations converge to promote defective tolerance, increased autoimmune risk and a microenvironment permissive to malignant ...
Alef Batista Bezerra Barros +5 more
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Epidemiological Survey of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Hamadan Province (2002-2007)
پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 2009 Introduction & Objective: Cutaneous leishmaniasis as one of the most important tropical diseases, is endemic in different parts of Iran. World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended and supported the investigation on this zoonotic disease. The purpose
Amirhosein Zahirnia +5 more
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Beyond birds: rethinking bird‐centered pathogen models in light of insect migration
Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 6, June 2026.Migration redistributes biomass, nutrients, and pathogens across ecosystems. For decades, migratory birds have been treated as the default long‐distance pathogen vectors, shaping both conceptual frameworks and empirical models of disease ecology.
Virginia Morandini
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Vectores de la leishmaniasis tegumentaria en el valle del Rímac
Anales de la Facultad de Medicina, 2003 OBJETIVO: Determinar la composición de especies de Lutzomyia en el valle del Rímac. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: El área estudiada fue el anexo de Ullupampa (2000 msnm), ubicado a 1 kilómetro de Surco, distrito de San Jerónimo de Surco, provincia de Huarochirí ...
Abelardo Tejada +4 more
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Journal of Medical Primatology, Volume 55, Issue 3, June 2026.ABSTRACT Background Toxoplasmosis and leishmaniosis are zoonotic diseases that affect several species of neotropical primates. Methods Three black lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysopygus) kept at a Brazilian zoo died due to a superacute disease.
Acauane Sehnem Lima +11 more
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Chandipura virus: The 2024 resurgence and Gujarat outbreak
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical BiomedicineOriginally discovered in 1965 in Maharashtra, India, the Chandipura virus has become a serious hazard to public health, especially in rural areas. Acute encephalitis syndrome, which mostly affects children and has a high death rate, has been associated ...
Rabin Debnath, Pooja A Chawla
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Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background Phlebotomine sand flies are small blood-feeding insects of great medical and veterinary significance. Their identification relies basically on the microscopic examination of key morphological characters.
Filipe Dantas-Torres +2 more
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Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Ethiopia
Heliyon, 2023 Phlebotomine sandflies have a long history of association with humans, which makes them the only proven natural vectors of Leishmania species, the parasitic protozoans that cause leishmaniases in humans and animals.
Esayas Aklilu +4 more
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