Leishmaniasis: Recent epidemiological studies in the Middle East

CA Knight, DR Harris, SO Alshammari… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniasis, one of the most neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), is the third most
important vector-borne disease worldwide. This disease has a global impact and severity of …

The geographical distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis causative agents in Iran and its neighboring countries, a review

MA Ghatee, WR Taylor, M Karamian - Frontiers in public health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Leishmania tropica and Leishmania major are both the main cause of anthroponotic (ACL)
and zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL), respectively, in the Old World. Leishmania …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis situation analysis in the Islamic Republic of Iran in preparation for an elimination plan

I Sharifi, A Khosravi, MR Aflatoonian… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Iran has invariably been under the growing public health threat of cutaneous leishmaniasis
(CL), a significant barrier to local development that hinders the prevention and control efforts …

The current clinical and geographical situation of cutaneous leishmaniasis based on species identification in Turkey

A Özbilgin, S Töz, M Harman, SG Topal, S Uzun… - Acta Tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
Leishmaniases are a group of vector-borne diseases caused by the members of Leishmania
genus, and there are three main clinical forms of the infection as visceral, cutaneous, and …

PCR-RFLP analyses of Leishmania species causing cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis revealed distribution of genetically complex strains with hybrid …

H Kato, EA Gomez, C Seki, H Furumoto… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) analyses targeting multiple nuclear
genes were established for the simple and practical identification of Leishmania species …

[HTML][HTML] An annotated checklist of the eukaryotic parasites of humans, exclusive of fungi and algae

BA Mathison, SGH Sapp - Zookeys, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The classification of “parasites” in the medical field is a challenging notion, a group which
historically has included all eukaryotes exclusive of fungi that invade and derive resources …

[HTML][HTML] Leishmaniasis and Chagas disease: Is there hope in nanotechnology to fight neglected tropical diseases?

DB Scariot, A Staneviciute, J Zhu, X Li… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nanotechnology is revolutionizing many sectors of science, from food preservation to
healthcare to energy applications. Since 1995, when the first nanomedicines started being …

A long-lasting emerging epidemic of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in southeastern Iran: population movement and peri-urban settlements as a major risk …

T Karimi, I Sharifi, MR Aflatoonian, B Aflatoonian… - Parasites & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Epidemics of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are occurring more frequently and
spreading faster and farther than before in many areas of the world. The present study …

A deep learning-based model for detecting Leishmania amastigotes in microscopic slides: a new approach to telemedicine

A Sadeghi, M Sadeghi, M Fakhar, Z Zakariaei… - BMC Infectious …, 2024 - Springer
Background Leishmaniasis, an illness caused by protozoa, accounts for a substantial
number of human fatalities globally, thereby emerging as one of the most fatal parasitic …

Phylogenetic analysis of kinetoplast DNA: kDNA of Leishmania tropica in Thi-Qar province, Iraq

MH Flaih, FA Al-Abady, KR Hussein - … immunology, microbiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of wobbling endemic disease in Iraq, that
cause intracellular obligate protistan parasite returned to the genusLeishmania. This study is …