 Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
"Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An endemic disease that is characterized by the development of single or multiple localized lesions on exposed areas of skin that typically ulcerate. The disease has been divided into Old and New World forms. Old World leishmaniasis is separated into three distinct types according to epidemiology and clinical manifestations and is caused by species of the L. tropica and L. aethiopica complexes as well as by species of the L. major genus. New World leishmaniasis, also called American leishmaniasis, occurs in South and Central America and is caused by species of the L. mexicana or L. braziliensis complexes.
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D016773
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.300.500.400 C03.858.560.400 C17.800.838.775.560.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Oriental Sore- Oriental Sore
- Sore, Oriental
- Leishmaniasis, Old World
- Old World Leishmaniasis
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous" by people in Profiles.
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Mann S, Phupitakphol T, Davis B, Newman S, Suarez JA, Henao-Mart?nez A, Franco-Paredes C. Case Report: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis in Two Travelers Successfully Treated with Miltefosine. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 09; 103(3):1081-1084.
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Borb?n TY, Scorza BM, Clay GM, Lima Nobre de Queiroz F, Sariol AJ, Bowen JL, Chen Y, Zhanbolat B, Parlet CP, Valadares DG, Cassel SL, Nauseef WM, Horswill AR, Sutterwala FS, Wilson ME. Coinfection with Leishmania major and Staphylococcus aureus enhances the pathologic responses to both microbes through a pathway involving IL-17A. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 05; 13(5):e0007247.
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Davenport BJ, Martin CG, Beverley SM, Orlicky DJ, Vazquez-Torres A, Morrison TE. SODB1 is essential for Leishmania major infection of macrophages and pathogenesis in mice. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 10; 12(10):e0006921.
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Gomes RS, Silva MVT, Dos Santos JC, de Lima Silva LL, Batista AC, Machado JR, Teixeira MM, Dorta ML, de Oliveira MAP, Dinarello CA, Joosten LAB, Ribeiro-Dias F. IL-32? promotes the healing of murine cutaneous lesions caused by Leishmania braziliensis infection in contrast to Leishmania amazonensis. Parasit Vectors. 2017 Jul 14; 10(1):336.
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Karimkhani C, Wanga V, Naghavi P, Dellavalle RP, Naghavi M. Global burden of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 03; 17(3):264.
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Karimkhani C, Wanga V, Coffeng LE, Naghavi P, Dellavalle RP, Naghavi M. Global burden of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a cross-sectional analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 05; 16(5):584-591.
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Hegg RM, Alkousakis TJ, Swick BL. What is your diagnosis? Old world Leishmaniasis. Cutis. 2014 Feb; 93(2):67;69;70.
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Weiss F, Vogenthaler N, Franco-Paredes C, Parker SR. Leishmania tropica-induced cutaneous and presumptive concomitant viscerotropic leishmaniasis with prolonged incubation. Arch Dermatol. 2009 Sep; 145(9):1023-6.
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Delgado O, Silva S, Coraspe V, Ribas MA, Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Navarro P, Franco-Paredes C. American cutaneous leishmaniasis in children and adolescents from Northcentral Venezuela. Trop Biomed. 2008 Dec; 25(3):178-83.
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Delgado O, Silva S, Coraspe V, Rivas MA, Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Navarro P, Franco-Paredes C. Cutaneous leishmaniasis imported from Colombia to Northcentral Venezuela: implications for travel advice. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2008 Nov; 6(6):376-9.
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