Conundrums in leishmaniasis

B Saha, S Bhattacharjee, A Sarkar, R Bhor, K Pai… - Cytokine, 2021 - Elsevier
… The existing conundrums in visceral infections of Leishmania are mainly due to complexity
in host parasite interaction. The more we explore the conundrums in Leishmania infection, …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling the unsolved paradoxes of cytokine families in host resistance and susceptibility to Leishmania infection

BO Osero, RT Aruleba, F Brombacher, R Hurdayal - Cytokine: X, 2020 - Elsevier
… Altogether, the contribution of IL-21/IL-21R to leishmaniasis remains a conundrum with
limited studies on gene-deficient and receptor-deficient experiments to validate a distinct role. …

[HTML][HTML] Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: an unresolved mystery

D Mukhopadhyay, JE Dalton, PM Kaye… - Trends in …, 2014 - cell.com
leishmaniasis, post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL; see Glossary) caused by the
protozoan parasite Leishmania … cure from visceral leishmaniasis (VL; also known as kala-azar) [ …

The conundrum of human visceral leishmaniasis in Emilia-Romagna, Italy: are wild and peridomestic animals potential reservoirs?

A Magri - 2023 - amsdottorato.unibo.it
Leishmaniasis is a complex parasitic disease caused by intracellular protozoans … Leishmania
mainly transmitted by the bite of sand flies. In Italy, leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania

[HTML][HTML] Deception and Manipulation: The Arms of Leishmania, a Successful Parasite

P Cecílio, B Pérez-Cabezas, N Santarém… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
leishmaniasis, the most severe leishmaniasis form, is caused by Leishmania donovani and
Leishmania … In endemic countries, Leishmania has gained prominence as an opportunistic …

Leishmania Susceptibility Puzzle Gets Another Twist

J Marx - Science, 1996 - science.org
… protozoan called Leishmania major. It might sound like an arcane conundrum, but it has "a
direct … For one thing, Leishmania is a major scourge, afflicting an estimated 12 million people …

Leishmania, the phagosome, and host responses: The journey of a parasite

O Séguin, A Descoteaux - Cellular Immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
… The journey of Leishmania into its mammalian host begins in the midgut of female
hematophagous sand flies, where Leishmania promastigotes proliferate and mature into infectious …

The molecular epidemiology and phylogeography of Trypanosoma cruzi and parallel research on Leishmania: looking back and to the future

MA Miles, MS Llewellyn, MD Lewis, M Yeo, R Baleela… - Parasitology, 2009 - cambridge.org
… Protozoa of the genus Leishmania are global agents of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis,
… Similarly, in Leishmania, genetic groups have been defined, including epidemiologically …

The conundrum of CD40 function: host protection or disease promotion?

RK Mathur, A Awasthi, B Saha - Trends in parasitology, 2006 - cell.com
… In this case, two different cells, Th1 and Th2, are reciprocally modulating the same immune
response, such as DTH or the killing of Leishmania. Likewise, although both CD28 and …

Two cases of neglected leishmaniasis with marked facial disfigurement: A diagnostic conundrum

Z Aryanian, K Balighi, F Mohaghegh… - Clinical Case …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease with a variety of Clinical manifestations. Cutaneous
leishmaniasis (CL) … We describe two unusual cases of chronic leishmaniasis that remained …