Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward leishmaniasis and one health: a cross-sectional study among medical and veterinary professionals by Yasir Khan, I-Chen Lin, Sundus Khan, Mehtab Kanwal, Abdul Wajid, Aamir Khan, Fazal Noor, Ali Madi Almajwal, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Abdul Qadeer

“…Knowledge about leishmaniasis was high, with 97.5% of participants recognizing Leishmania and 86% correctly identifying it as a protozoan disease. …”
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Localised Leishmaniasis of Oral Mucosa: Report of an Unusual Clinicopathological Entity by Deepak Passi, Sarang Sharma, Shubharanjan Dutta, Chandan Gupta

“…The term leishmaniasis comprises of a group of diseases caused by different species of a protozoan called Leishmania. There are three main clinical forms of leishmaniasis: visceral leishmaniasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. …”
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Relapse of Visceral Leishmaniasis in an HIV-Infected Patient Successfully Treated with a Combination of Miltefosine and Amphotericin B by Shauna McQuarrie, Ken Kasper, Dana C Moffatt, Daniel Marko, Yoav Keynan

“…With the addition of miltefosine, the patient no longer presented with bone marrow amastigotes, and displayed an increased CD4 count and negative Leishmania polymerase chain reaction results. The present case highlights atypical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis, including poor immune reconstitution and gastrointestinal involvement. …”
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P2Y2 Receptor Induces L. amazonensis Infection Control in a Mechanism Dependent on Caspase-1 Activation and IL-1β Secretion by Maria Luiza Thorstenberg, Monique Daiane Andrade Martins, Vanessa Figliuolo, Claudia Lucia Martins Silva, Luiz Eduardo Baggio Savio, Robson Coutinho-Silva

“…Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by an intracellular parasite of the genus Leishmania. Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) such as UTP and ATP are released from infected cells and, once in the extracellular medium, activate P2 purinergic receptors. …”
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A Lectin from Dioclea violacea Interacts with Midgut Surface of Lutzomyia migonei, Unlike Its Homologues, Cratylia floribunda Lectin and Canavalia gladiata Lectin by Juliana Montezuma Barbosa Monteiro Tínel, Melina Fechine Costa Benevides, Mércia Sindeaux Frutuoso, Camila Farias Rocha, Francisco Vassiliepe Sousa Arruda, Mayron Alves Vasconcelos, Francisco Nascimento Pereira-Junior, João Batista Cajazeiras, Kyria Santiago do Nascimento, Jorge Luiz Martins, Edson Holanda Teixeira, Benildo Sousa Cavada, Ricardo Pires dos Santos, Margarida Maria Lima Pompeu

“…Susceptibility and refractoriness to Leishmania depend on the outcome of multiple interactions that take place within the sand fly gut. …”
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Visceral Leishmaniasis with Associated Common, Uncommon, and Atypical Morphological Features on Bone Marrow Aspirate Cytology in Nonendemic Region by Harish Chandra, Smita Chandra, Rajeev Mohan Kaushik

“…Plasmacytosis, hemophagocytosis were the common cytological features while dysmyelopoiesis, presence of leishmania bodies in nonhistiocytic cells, and granuloma with necrosis were uncommon features. …”
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Synthesis and Antileishmanial Activity of Lipophilic Aromatic Aminoalcohols by Roberta Novaes Reis Corrales, Liliane Sena Pinheiro, Elaine Soares Coimbra, Adilson David Da Silva, Mireille Le Hyaric

“…All compounds were assessed for their in vitro activity against promastigotes of three Leishmania species The most lipophilic aminoalcohols bearing an aliphatic moiety with eight to 12 carbon atoms displayed a good activity against L. amazonensis and L. major, and two of them also showed antiproliferative activity against L. chagasi. …”
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In Vitro Antileishmanial Activity and GC-MS Analysis of Whole Plant Hexane Fraction of Achillea wilhelmsii (WHFAW) by Jahangir Khan Achakzai, Muhammad Anwar Panezai, Abdul Manan Kakar, Basira Akhtar, Ali Akbar, Shahabuddin Kakar, Javed Khan, Nazima Yousaf Khan, Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Nizam Baloch, Muhammad Hashim Jan Khoso, Marina Panezai

“…For leishmanicidal assay, Leishmania major is the species used for analysis. Whole plant methanol extract of Achillea wilhelmsii (WMEAW) and whole plant aqueous fraction of Achillea wilhelmsii (WAFAW) exhibited no antileishmanial activity.…”
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Comprehensive review of preclinical evaluation strategies for COVID-19 vaccine candidates: assessing immunogenicity, toxicology, and safety profiles by Delaram Doroud, Mojtaba Daneshi, Fatemeh Kazemi-Lomedash, Zohre Eftekhari

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Synthetic Peptides as Potential Antigens for Cutaneous Leishmaniosis Diagnosis by Juliana Seger Link, Silvana Maria Alban, Carlos Ricardo Soccol, Gilberto Vinicius Melo Pereira, Vanete Thomaz Soccol

“…In order to reach the goal, we used random peptide phage display libraries screened using antibodies from Leishmania braziliensis patients. After selection, three peptides (P1, P2, and P3) were synthesized using Fmoc chemistry. …”
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Synthesis, Cytotoxicity, and Antileishmanial Activity of N,N'-Disubstituted Ethylenediamine and Imidazolidine Derivatives by Gustavo S. G. de Carvalho, Patrícia A. Machado, Daniela T. S. de Paula, Elaine S. Coimbra, Adilson D. da Silva

“…This paper describes the preparation of N,N'-disubstituted ethylenediamine and imidazolidine derivatives and their in vitro biological activities against Leishmania species. Of the nine synthesized compounds, five displayed a good activity in both L. amazonensis and L. major promastigotes. …”
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Some Epidemiological Aspects of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a New Focus, Central Iran by M. R. Yaghoobi-Ershadi, N. Marvi-Moghadam, R. Jafari, A. A. Akhavan, H. Solimani, A. R. Zahrai-Ramazani, M. H. Arandian, A. R. Dehghan-Dehnavi

“…Six sand fly species were also collected and identified; among them Phlebotomus papatasi had the highest frequency. Leishmania major was detected as the agent of the disease in the area. …”
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Antileishmanial Activity of Aldonamides and N-Acyl-Diamine Derivatives by Elaine S. Coimbra, Camila G. Almeida, Wilson V. Júnior, Roberta C. N. Dos Reis, Ana C. F. De Almeida, Luana S. M. Forezi, Mauro V. De Almeida, Mireille Le Hyaric

“…A number of lipophilic N-acyl-diamines and aldonamides have been synthesized and tested for their in vitro antiproliferative activity against Leishmania amazonensis and L. chagasi. Ribonamides, having one amino group, displayed good to moderate inhibition of parasite growth. …”
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Epidemiological analysis of Leishmaniasis prevalence in Pakistan during 2016-2023 by R. Uppal, U. Saeed, M. E. Khattak, A. A. Khan, M. R. Uppal, Z. Z. Piracha, M. N. Khan, D. Shaikh, U. Tariq, A. R. Mahmood, S. S. Ali, B. Muhammad, M. N. Tariq, S. S. Gilani, D. U. Ozsahin, B. Uzun, I. Ozsahin

“…Abstract Leishmaniasis, caused by the Leishmania parasite, remains a persistent public health challenge in Pakistan. …”
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Climate Change and Environmental Influence on Prevalence of Visceral Leishmaniasis in West Pokot County, Kenya by Bulle Abdullahi, Joshua Mutiso, Fredrick Maloba, John Macharia, Mark Riongoita, Michael Gicheru

“…Kala-azar is a parasitic disease caused by Leishmania species transmitted by sand fly. In Kenya, kala-azar is endemic in thirty subcounties spread over in eleven counties in the arid zones. …”
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Historical Spatial Distribution of Zoonotic Diseases in Domestic, Synanthropic, and Wild Animals in the Mexican Territory of the Yucatan Peninsula by Paulina Haro, Enrique Trasviña-Muñoz, Irving May-Concha, Gilberto López-Valencia, Francisco Monge-Navarro, Carloman Herrera-Ramírez, Julio A. Mercado-Rodríguez, Hernán Villanueva-Alonzo, Etienne Waleckx

“…The territory harbors a wide variety of tropical zoonotic pathogens, including Trypanosoma cruzi, Leptospira interrogans, Toxoplasma gondii, Leishmania mexicana, Dirofilaria immitis, and Rickettsia felis. …”
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Structural basis of Spliced Leader RNA recognition by the Trypanosoma brucei cap-binding complex by Harald Bernhard, Hana Petržílková, Barbora Popelářová, Kamil Ziemkiewicz, Karolina Bartosik, Marcin Warmiński, Laura Tengo, Henri Gröger, Luciano G. Dolce, Cameron D. Mackereth, Ronald Micura, Jacek Jemielity, Eva Kowalinski

“…Abstract Kinetoplastids are a clade of eukaryotic protozoans that include human parasitic pathogens like trypanosomes and Leishmania species. In these organisms, protein-coding genes are transcribed as polycistronic pre-mRNAs, which need to be processed by the coupled action of trans-splicing and polyadenylation to yield monogenic mature mRNAs. …”
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Canine Leishmaniosis Control through the Promotion of Preventive Measures Appropriately Adopted by Citizens by Giulia Simonato, Erica Marchiori, Federica Marcer, Silvia Ravagnan, Patrizia Danesi, Fabrizio Montarsi, Carlo Bononi, Gioia Capelli, Mario Pietrobelli, Rudi Cassini

“…Canine leishmaniosis (CanL) is a disease caused by the protist Leishmania infantum and transmitted to dogs by sand fly (Diptera: Phlebotominae) bites. …”
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Protozoan Parasites of Rodents and Their Zoonotic Significance in Boyer-Ahmad District, Southwestern Iran by Zeinab Seifollahi, Bahador Sarkari, Mohammad Hossein Motazedian, Qasem Asgari, Mohammad Javad Ranjbar, Samaneh Abdolahi Khabisi

“…Moreover, 2 to 5 mL of blood was taken from each of the rodents and the sera were examined for anti-Leishmania antibodies, by ELISA, or anti-T. gondii antibodies, by modified agglutination test (MAT). …”
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Diversity and Dynamics of Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Two Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Foci in the Fes-Boulemane Region of Northern Morocco by Fatima Zahra Talbi, Chafika Faraj, Fouad EL-Akhal, Fatiha El Khayyat, Driss Chenfour, Abdellatif Janati Idrissi, Abdelhakim El Ouali Lalami

“…Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an infectious disease caused by various species of Leishmania and transmitted by several species of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae). …”
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