Current diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

H Goto, JAL Lindoso - Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Tegumentary leishmaniasis, comprising the cutaneous and mucocutaneous forms, is
caused by at least 13 dermotropic species of protozoa of the genus Leishmania, most of …

Leishmaniasis: diagnostic issues in Europe

P Torpiano, D Pace - Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease with clinical presentations that vary from asymptomatic
infection to cutaneous, mucocutaneous or visceral disease. Recent epidemiological studies …

Towards a More Precise Serological Diagnosis of Human Tegumentary Leishmaniasis Using Leishmania Recombinant Proteins

AP Souza, M Soto, JML Costa, VS Boaventura… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Exposure to Leishmania induces a humoral immune response that can be used
as a marker of parasite exposure. Methodology/Principal Findings Herein, ELISA was used …

Use of FTA cards for direct sampling of patients' lesions in the ecological study of cutaneous leishmaniasis

H Kato, AG Cáceres, T Mimori, Y Ishimaru… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
The FTA card (Whatman) was assessed for its utility as a molecular epidemiological tool in
collecting samples from patients with leishmaniasis in Peru because the card has a variety …

American tegumentary leishmaniasis: correlations among immunological, histopathological and clinical parameters

ALGP Martins, JA Barreto, JRP Lauris… - Anais brasileiros de …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
BACKGROUND: American tegumentary leishmaniasis has an annual incidence of 1 to 1.5
million cases. In some cases, the patient's immune response can eliminate the parasite, and …

Canine visceral leishmaniasis: a comparative study of real-time PCR, conventional PCR, and direct agglutination on sera for the detection of Leishmania infantum …

A Mohammadiha, A Haghighi, M Mohebali… - Veterinary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is endemic in northwestern Iran. This study aimed to
compare real-time PCR, conventional PCR, and the direct agglutination test (DAT) for the …

Direct diagnosis of Leishmania species on serosity materials punctured from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients using PCR‐RFLP

H Hajjaran, F Vasigheh, M Mohebali… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This study was aimed at identifying the Leishmania species using serosity materials
punctured from skin lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) patients by using internal …

Diagnostic efficacy of recombinase-polymerase-amplification coupled with lateral flow strip reading in patients with cutaneous Leishmaniasis from the Amazonas …

BL Travi, MB Delos Santos, TR Shelite… - Vector-Borne and …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is highly prevalent in rural and sylvatic regions of Latin
America, with an estimated 55,000 annual cases. Diagnosis in resource-limited areas still …

Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction in the routine diagnosis for tegumentary leishmaniasis in a referral centre

A Fagundes, A Schubach, CC Paula… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
The present study investigated the diagnostic value of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
performed in parallel to conventional methods at an American tegumentary leishmaniasis …

Palm-size and one-inch gel electrophoretic device for reliable and field-applicable analysis of recombinase polymerase amplification

H Rathore, R Biyani, H Kato, Y Takamura… - Analytical Methods, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA)-based isothermal nucleic acid
amplification strategy is one of the most rapidly developing methods for performing nucleic …