Quantitative monitoring of experimental and human leishmaniasis employing amastigote-specific genes
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182022000610
Abstract: Abstract Abstract The gold standard for diagnosis of leishmaniasis is the microscopic detection of amastigotes/Leishman Donovan (LD) bodies, but its moderate sensitivity necessitates the development of molecular approaches. This study aimed to quantify in experimental… read more here.
Keywords: donovani infected; monitoring; amastigote specific; leishmaniasis ... See more keywords
Emerging computational technologies in human leishmaniasis: where are we?
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DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trac047
Abstract: Human leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) with high morbidity and is endemic in low- to middle-income countries. Its diagnosis, treatment and epidemiological control methods are outdated and obsolete, which has become a challenge… read more here.
Keywords: technologies human; emerging computational; computational technologies; leishmaniasis ... See more keywords
Opportunistic feeding behaviour and Leishmania infantum detection in Phlebotomus perniciosus females collected in the human leishmaniasis focus of Madrid, Spain (2012–2018)
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009240
Abstract: Background An outbreak of human leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum has been registered in an urban area of southwestern Madrid, Spain, since 2010. Entomological surveys carried out in the municipalities of Fuenlabrada, Leganés, Getafe and… read more here.
Keywords: madrid spain; perniciosus; perniciosus females; human leishmaniasis ... See more keywords
Wildlife Hosts of Leishmania infantum in a Re-Emerging Focus of Human Leishmaniasis, in Emilia-Romagna, Northeast Italy
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DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11111308
Abstract: In the last decade, an upsurge of human leishmaniasis has been reported in the Emilia-Romagna region, Northeast Italy. Epidemiologic data have raised doubts about the role of dogs as the main reservoirs for Leishmania infantum.… read more here.
Keywords: leishmania infantum; emilia romagna; leishmaniasis; northeast italy ... See more keywords