[HTML][HTML] Leishmania infections: Molecular targets and diagnosis

M Akhoundi, T Downing, J Votýpka, K Kuhls… - Molecular aspects of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Progress in the diagnosis of leishmaniases depends on the development of effective
methods and the discovery of suitable biomarkers. We propose firstly an update …

The relationship between leishmaniasis and AIDS: the second 10 years

J Alvar, P Aparicio, A Aseffa, M Den Boer… - Clinical microbiology …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
To date, most Leishmania and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection cases
reported to WHO come from Southern Europe. Up to the year 2001, nearly 2,000 cases of …

[HTML][HTML] Leishmaniasis in immunosuppressed individuals

J Van Griensven, E Carrillo, R López-Vélez… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is a vector-born chronic infectious disease caused by a group of protozoan
parasites of the genus Leishmania. Whereas most immunocompetent individuals will not …

Visceral leishmaniasis

J van Griensven, E Diro - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2012 - id.theclinics.com
Exceptionally, visceralization of species typically associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis
has been observed. Most commonly, this has been reported with Leishmania tropicalis in …

Leishmaniasis diagnosis: an update on the use of parasitological, immunological and molecular methods

S Thakur, J Joshi, S Kaur - Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 2020 - Springer
Diagnosis of leishmaniasis has always been a major challenge as its clinical features
resemble some other commonly occurring diseases such as tuberculosis, typhoid, and …

Diagnosis of leishmaniasis

EK Elmahallawy, AS Martínez… - The Journal of Infection …, 2014 - jidc.org
Leishmaniasis is a clinically heterogeneous syndrome caused by intracellular protozoan
parasites of the genus Leishmania. The clinical spectrum of leishmaniasis encompasses …

Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

P Srivastava, A Dayama, S Mehrotra… - Transactions of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease with up to 350 million people at risk of infection
worldwide. Among its different clinical manifestations, visceral is the most severe form. Since …

Leishmaniasis revisited: current aspects on epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment

SP Georgiadou, KP Makaritsis… - Journal of Translational …, 2015 - degruyter.com
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus
Leishmania. It is transmitted by phlebotomine female sand flies of the genera Phlebotomus …

Comparative Host Feeding Patterns of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus, in Urban and Suburban Northeastern USA and Implications for Disease …

A Faraji, A Egizi, DM Fonseca, I Unlu… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Aedes albopictus is an invasive species which continues expanding its
geographic range and involvement in mosquito-borne diseases such as chikungunya and …

Laboratory diagnostics for human Leishmania infections: a polymerase chain reaction-focussed review of detection and identification methods

I Gow, NC Smith, D Stark, J Ellis - Parasites & Vectors, 2022 - Springer
Leishmania infections span a range of clinical syndromes and impact humans from many
geographic foci, but primarily the world's poorest regions. Transmitted by the bite of a female …