Recent epidemiologic studies indicate that leishmaniasis in the Americas is far more
abundant and of greater public health importance than was previously recognized. The …

The current interest in leishmaniasis stems from the importance of this disease with respect
to travel medicine, veterans of Operation Desert Storm, humanitarian concerns, and infection …

It is important to realize that leishmaniasis guidelines cannot always account for individual
variation among patients. They are not intended to supplant physician judgment with respect …

Estimated worldwide incidence of tegumentary leishmaniasis (cutaneous leishmaniasis [CL]
and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis [MCL]) is over 1.5 million cases per year in 82 countries …

We conducted a quasi-experimental study to compare the response to meglumine
antimoniate in patients with localized cutaneous leishmaniasis from two endemic areas of …

Human infection with Leishmania braziliensis can lead to cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) or
mucosal leishmaniasis (ML). We hypothesize that the intense tissue destruction observed in …

Mucosal leishmaniasis is characterized by an intense inflammatory reaction and tissue
damage with few parasites in the lesion. On the basis of previous observations that suggest …

This paper records the plants used in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to
Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis (L (V) b) among the rural population of a cocoa-producing …

Background. Mucosal leishmaniasis is associated with intense tissue damage and high
tumor necrosis factor–α production. Therapeutic failure occurs in up to 42% of cases; …

The presence of the endogenous Leishmania RNA virus 1 (LRV1) replicating stably within
some parasite species has been associated with the development of more severe forms of …