Objectives To analyse the accuracy of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL)
diagnostic methods and evaluate the quality of the existing publications by means of a …

Following the HIV epidemic, several countries have reported co-infections of Leishmania
with HIV. Co-infection with these two pathogens results in rapid disease progression, more …

Introducción: la leishmaniasis es una enfermedad causada por varias especies del género
Leishmania, de la cual se han incrementado los reportes en los últimos años. Diversos …

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 …

Leishmaniasis is one of the deadliest neglected tropical diseases affecting 12–15 million
people worldwide, especially in middle-and low-income countries. Rapid and accurate …

Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an infectious vector-borne disease caused by
protozoa of the Leishmania genus that affects humans and animals. The distribution of …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) can occur in skin and mucosa, causing disfiguring lesions.
The laboratory diagnosis of CL involves immunological methods and optical detection of the …

The most severe clinical form of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) due to
Leishmania braziliensis is mucosal leishmaniasis (ML), characterized by destructive lesions …

Leishmania nested PCR (LnPCR) targeted to the SSUrRNA gene and DNA sequencing
were used to analyze 315 tissue samples from 80 Rattus norvegicus specimens trapped in …

This study evaluated the applicability of kDNA-PCR as a prospective routine diagnosis
method for American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) in patients from the Instituto de …