"Leishmaniasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A disease caused by any of a number of species of protozoa in the genus LEISHMANIA. There are four major clinical types of this infection: cutaneous (Old and New World) (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS), diffuse cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS), mucocutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS), and visceral (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D007896
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.300.500 C03.858.560 C17.800.838.775.560
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmaniasis- Leishmaniasis
- Leishmaniases
- Leishmania Infection
- Infection, Leishmania
- Infections, Leishmania
- Leishmania Infections
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| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmaniasis" by people in Profiles.
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Dos Santos JV, Freixo PF, Vivarini ?C, Medina JM, Caldas LA, Attias M, Teixeira KLD, Silva TCC, Lopes UG. Endoplasmic Stress Affects the Coinfection of Leishmania Amazonensis and the Phlebovirus (Bunyaviridae) Icoaraci. Viruses. 2022 09 02; 14(9).
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Rath CT, Vivarini ?C, Dos Santos JV, Medina JM, Saliba AM, Mottram JC, Lima APCA, Calegari-Silva TC, Pereira RM, Lopes UG. Toll-Like Receptor 3 (TLR3) Is Engaged in the Intracellular Survival of the Protozoan Parasite Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis. Infect Immun. 2022 09 15; 90(9):e0032422.
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Okuda K, Tong M, Dempsey B, Moore KJ, Gazzinelli RT, Silverman N. Leishmania amazonensis Engages CD36 to Drive Parasitophorous Vacuole Maturation. PLoS Pathog. 2016 06; 12(6):e1005669.
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Farias Luz N, Balaji S, Okuda K, Barreto AS, Bertin J, Gough PJ, Gazzinelli R, Almeida RP, Bozza MT, Borges VM, Chan FK. RIPK1 and PGAM5 Control Leishmania Replication through Distinct Mechanisms. J Immunol. 2016 06 15; 196(12):5056-63.
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Reed SG, Campos-Neto A. Vaccines for parasitic and bacterial diseases. Curr Opin Immunol. 2003 Aug; 15(4):456-60.
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Reed SG, Coler RN, Campos-Neto A. Development of a leishmaniasis vaccine: the importance of MPL. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2003 Apr; 2(2):239-52.
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Campos-Neto A, Bunn-Moreno MM. Polyclonal B cell activation in hamsters infected with parasites of the genus Leishmania. Infect Immun. 1982 Dec; 38(3):871-6.