Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL)
New epidemiological aspects of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Taza, Morocco
... A recent study concerning the spatial distribution of CL in Taza Province did not mention the affected sectors. Our geographical study showed that the majority of cases were recorded in three sectors: Taza High (102 ...
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Thermotherapy An alternative for the treatment of American cutaneous leishmaniasis
... Systemic treatment with pentavalent antimonials for cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. (V) panamensis and L. (V) braziliensis was recommended by the WHO in 1990 under the assumption that such treatment ...
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Utility of Western Blot Analysis for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
... Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic disease with a relatively wide distribution in different areas of the world, including ...of cutaneous leishmaniasis in ...
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Occurrence Analysis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis particularly in Pakistan
... by leishmaniasis are surpassed only by malaria and lymphatic filariasis Caryn et ...Worldwide, leishmaniasis causes 70,000 deaths per year Edoardo et ...for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), and 7 ...
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Comparison of PCR Assays for Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
... diagnosing leishmaniasis were compared and validated against parasite cultures and microscopic evaluation of stained tissue smears using 92 specimens from suspected cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis ...
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Epidemiological Pattern of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Province of Fars, Iran (Since 2010-2014)
... of Leishmaniasis patients were the age of 20- 29 and minority of them were in the 5- 9 ...with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis were male and 49% of them were ...of Leishmaniasis, (p ...
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CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN SYRIA
... ABSTRACT : Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a public health problem in Syria call for this parasite’s epidemiological and evolutionary investigation. Evaluation of its population structure by multilocus ...
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Clinicoepidemiological study on focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Saudi Arabia
... World leishmaniasis, as well as the prevalence of other microbial infections in areas where leishmaniasis is endemic that may mimic the presentation of a Leishmania infection, often complicate the diagnosis ...
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Emerging Epidemics of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran: Operational Aspects, Management and Implemented Control Approaches
... Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Iran could be considered as an emerging disease that is rapidly increasing and expanding its traditional geographical range to new ...
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis and co morbid major depressive disorder: A systematic review with burden estimates
... Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most prevalent form of leishmaniasis and 1 of 22 highly prevalent neglected tropical diseases (NTD) ...ring cutaneous leishmaniasis—to describe the ...
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Situational Analysis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Focus of the Disease, Southeastern Iran
... The spatial distribution of CL depends highly on environmental factors, not exclud- ing socioeconomic circumstances such as pov- erty and the knowledge of the entire popu- lace concerning the transmission and preven- ...
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A new perspective on cutaneous leishmaniasis Implications for global prevalence and burden of disease estimates
... Cutaneous leishmaniasis is characterized by the active infection of Leishmania spp. and its accompanying lesions, which classically evolve from papules and nodules to plaques and ulcers; we term this the ...
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Magnitude and Associated Factors of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis; in Mekelle City, Ayder Referral Hospital, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2014
... Studies conducted by Edessa, et al. suggest that the disease is found mainly at high and mid altitudes ranging from 1400 to 2700 m above sea level, which is most favorable for the proven vector sand flies species of ...
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Identification of Leishmania Species Causing Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR) in Kharve, Iran
... Background: Leishmaniasis, especially cutaneous leishmaniasis, is considered an important health problem in many parts of Iran including Kharve, Khorasan Razavi ...province. Cutaneous ...
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INVESTIGATING PHARMACEUTICAL AND THERAPEUTIC PRESCRIPTIONS OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN DEHLORAN CITY DURING 2015
... suspected cutaneous leishmaniasis who referred to the leishmaniasis treatment center of Dehloran city (Ilam province, Iran) during April 2015 to March 2016 and are treated with different medical ...
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A histopathological study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka
... macrophages admixed with epithelioid granulomata in group III were similar to borderline lepromatous and borderline tuberculoid leprosy. Ridley et al in 1978 studied cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis and ...
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Regulating Immune Mediated Pathology In Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Roles For Il-22 And Skin Microbiota
... Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a disease characterized by ulcerating skin lesions, the resolution of which requires an effective, but regulated, immune response that limits parasite growth without causing ...
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Morphologic, Morphometric and Molecular Comparison of Two Sister Species of Rodents as Potential Reservoir Hosts of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Southwest of Iran
... Introduction: Rodents are reservoir hosts of various infectious diseases. Many species and subspecies of genus Rattus play a significant role as potential reservoir hosts of different emerging and re-emerging diseases, ...
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Lifetime prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis scar in the city of Kherameh, Fars province, Iran (2015)
... that cutaneous leishmaniasis in the region of the study was the rural type of the ...by cutaneous leishmaniasis would increase with ...
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Environmental suitability for Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) and the occurrence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil
... For comparative purposes, the images resulting from each model (with continuous values from 0 to 1) were reclassified into five environmental suitability zones: (i) unsuitable zone (UNSZ; value pixel suitability < ...
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