Leishmania infantum
Prostaglandin E2/Leukotriene B4 balance induced by Lutzomyia longipalpis saliva favors Leishmania infantum infection
... Leishmania infantum in America is transmitted by the bite of infected Lutzomyia longipalpis sand ...regurgitated Leishmania into host skin. Sand fly saliva enhances Leishmania infection on ...
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Characterisation of the ex vivo virulence of Leishmania infantum isolates from Phlebotomus perniciosus from an outbreak of human leishmaniosis in Madrid, Spain
... Leishmania infantum is the etiologic agent of zoonotic visceral leishmaniosis (VL) in humans and other mam- mals (dogs are the main domestic reservoir hosts) in all countries of the Mediterranean basin ...
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Seroepidemiology of Leishmania infantum in rural dogs in Golestan province, Iran
... Background and Objective: Dogs have been introduced as a major reservoir of Leishmania infantum. Concerning the increased sporadic reports of humeral visceral leishmaniasis in Golestan province, we aimed to ...
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Isoenzymatic Analysis of 712 Strains of Leishmania infantum in the South of France and Relationship of Enzymatic Polymorphism to Clinical and Epidemiological Features
... Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) occur in the Mediterranean regions of the south of France, where they are common to dogs and humans. Canine leishmaniasis, human VL, and human CL have been ...
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Infectivity to Phlebotomus perniciosus of dogs naturally parasitized with Leishmania infantum after different treatments
... the Leishmania infantum complex in the Granada province (southern ...complexe Leishmania infantum dans un même foyer: Infestations par deux zymodèmes ...In Leishmania Taxonomie et ...
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Detection of Leishmania infantum by PCR, serology and cellular immune response in a cohort study of Brazilian dogs
... to Leishmania antigen for the detection of Leishmania infantum infection were evaluated in a cohort of 126 dogs exposed to natural infection in ...PCR, Leishmania DNA from bone-marrow was ...
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Antiparasitic Efficacy of Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. (Asteraceae) Essential Oil for Acanthamoeba castellanii, Leishmania infantum and Trichomonas vaginalis
... In this study, it was found to effect Acanthamoeba castellani, Leishmania infantum and Trichomonas vagi- nalis of Artemisia ludoviciana essential oil for the first time. It is assume that this potent ...
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Leishmanicidal and Cytotoxic Activity of Algerian Medicinal Plants on Leishmania major and Leishmania infantum
... Introduction: Leishmaniasis is a severe disease that presents a real public health problem worldwide. Antileishmanial therapy remains expensive with intolerable side effects; therefore, it is essential to develop ...
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Practical Approach for Typing Strains of Leishmania infantum by Microsatellite Analysis
... genus Leishmania cause a spec- trum of diseases, ranging from self-limiting, self-curing cu- taneous leishmaniasis (CL) to disseminating, fatal visceral leishmaniasis, and they infect various mammalian ...hosts. ...
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Early reduction of Leishmania infantum specific antibodies and blood parasitemia during treatment in dogs with moderate or severe disease
... L. infantum- infected dogs is very wide and variable. Leishmania infantum infection in dogs can manifest as subclinical infection, as a self-limiting illness or a serious life-threatening disease ...
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Molecular detection of Leishmania infantum and Leishmania tropica in rodent species from endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis areas in Morocco
... three Leishmania species coexist [6]. Leishmania infantum causes mainly zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis; ...natural Leishmania infections have been reported in many rodent species, such as Mus ...
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Multilocus microsatellite typing of Leishmania infantum isolates in monitored Leishmania/HIV coinfected patients
... constructed through calculations of Cavalli-Sforza gen- etic distance from allelic frequencies, and the robustness of tree topology was obtained by bootstrap resam- pling of loci, with 100 replications per set. We used ...
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Comparison of Cysteine Protease B Gene Expression between Clinical Isolates of Leishmania tropica, Leishmania major and Leishmania infantum
... Introduction: Leishmania cysteine protease B (CPB) is a parasite virulence factor that plays a vital role in host-parasitic ...were Leishmania major, and 21 were Leishmania tropica, including 3 ...
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Rapid Detection of Leishmania infantum Infection in Dogs: Comparative Study Using an Immunochromatographic Dipstick Test, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, and PCR
... of Leishmania infantum-infected reservoir dogs, a strategy that has failed to prevent a rise of canine and human ZVL cases over the past ...L. infantum infections in dogs from an area of ZVL ...
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Lutzomyia migonei is a permissive vector competent for Leishmania infantum
... L. infantum on days 5 and 8 PI were fixed with methanol, stained with Giemsa, examined under a light microscope with an oil-immersion objective and photographed with an Olympus D70 ...
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Multi antigen print immunoassay (MAPIA) based evaluation of novel recombinant Leishmania infantum antigens for the serodiagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis
... Current parasitological diagnostic tests, including microscopic examination and in vitro culturing, offer limited sensitivity with respect to the direct detection of Leishmania. In addition, parasite-specific ...
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Genetic homogeneity among Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum isolates from dog and human samples in Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area (BHMA), Minas Gerais, Brazil
... The kDNA was one of the selected targets because minicircles are useful targets for evaluating genetic vari- ability due to their involvement in a rapid response to different environmental conditions and physiological ...
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Transmission of Leishmania infantum by Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Dogs
... L. infantum (7). Discovering other ways for transmission of L. infantum to dogs and humans is undoubtedly a significant ...of Leishmania parasites by ...swallow Leishmania para- sites during ...
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Cryptic Leishmania infantum infection in Italian HIV infected patients
... between Leishmania para- sitemia and HIV infection markers because the wide vari- ability both in viral load and in parasitemia values, together with the relatively small number of patients, make difficult to ...
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The Gut Microbiome of the Vector Lutzomyia longipalpis Is Essential for Survival of Leishmania infantum
... of Leishmania species ...transmitting Leishmania species infections have utilized a variety of methods, including denaturing gradient gel elec- trophoresis (DGGE), bacterial culture, or 16S rDNA/total ...
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