Clinical and immunological spectra of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in North Africa and French Guiana

N Saidi, R Blaizot, G Prévot, K Aoun, M Demar… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by infection with the parasite Leishmania exhibits a
large spectrum of clinical manifestations ranging from single healing to severe chronic …

Presence of Leishmania RNA Virus 1 in Leishmania guyanensis Increases the Risk of First-Line Treatment Failure and Symptomatic Relapse

E Bourreau, M Ginouves, G Prévot… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Treatment failure and symptomatic relapse are major concerns in American
tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL). Such complications are seen frequently in Leishmania …

Three new sensitive and specific heat-shock protein 70 PCRs for global Leishmania species identification

AM Montalvo, J Fraga, I Maes, JC Dujardin… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
The heat-shock protein 70 gene (hsp 70) has been exploited for Leishmania species
identification in the New and Old World, using PCR followed by restriction fragment length …

New Insights on Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Population Genetics of Leishmania (Viannia) Parasites Based on Multilocus Sequence Analysis

MC Boité, IL Mauricio, MA Miles… - PLoS Neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The Leishmania genus comprises up to 35 species, some with status still under discussion.
The multilocus sequence typing (MLST)—extensively used for bacteria—has been proposed …

A review of the systematics, species identification and diagnostics of the Trypanosomatidae using the maxicircle kinetoplast DNA: from past to present

A Kaufer, D Stark, J Ellis - International journal for parasitology, 2020 - Elsevier
The Trypanosomatid family are a diverse and widespread group of protozoan parasites that
belong to the higher order class Kinetoplastida. Containing predominantly monoxenous …

The burden of visceral leishmaniasis in Italy from 1982 to 2012: a retrospective analysis of the multi-annual epidemic that occurred from 1989 to 2009

M Gramiccia, A Scalone, T Di Muccio, S Orsini… - …, 2013 - eurosurveillance.org
Starting from 1989 Italy experienced an increase of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases over a
baseline of 10 to 30 cases reported annually. The number of cases peaked in 2000 and …

Sequence analysis and PCR-RFLP profiling of the hsp70 gene as a valuable tool for identifying Leishmania species associated with human leishmaniasis in Brazil

LA da Silva, CS de Sousa, GC da Graça… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Since the first report of the genus Leishmania, many species have been described. In Brazil,
human leishmaniasis has been associated with eight Leishmania species, of which seven …

[HTML][HTML] Surveillance of leishmaniases in France, 1999 to 2012

L Lachaud, JP Dedet, P Marty, F Faraut… - …, 2013 - eurosurveillance.org
Leishmaniasis is endemic in the south of France, where autochthonous disease is caused
by Leishmania infantum, and affects both humans and dogs. The prevalence of canine …

American cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana: an epidemiological update and study of environmental risk factors

R Loiseau, C Nabet, S Simon… - International journal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is endemic in French Guiana. Its
epidemiology is evolving, notably because of immigration, anthropization of natural areas …

Toll-like receptors 2, 4, and 9 expressions over the entire clinical and immunopathological spectrum of American cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (V.) braziliensis …

MB Campos, LVR Lima, ACS de Lima… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Leishmania (V.) braziliensis and Leishmania (L.) amazonensis are the most pathogenic
agents of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Brazil, causing a wide spectrum of clinical …