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Risk factors for onset of cutaneous and mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis in Bolivia
(American Journal Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997)
Abstract.
A survival analysis was performed on data from an endemic area of Bolivia where two populations, natives and highland migrants, were living, to investigate risk factors for onset of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) ...
Biological and chemical studies of Pera benensis, a Bolivian plant used in folk medicine as a treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis
(Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1992)
The stem barks of Pera benensis are employed by the Chimane Indians in the Bolivian Amazonia as treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by the protozoan Leishmania braziliensis. The chloroform extracts containing ...
Cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana : a review
(Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 1990)
Abstract.
A review of a l0 year investigation carried out by various institutions on
cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana is presented, with emphasis on epidemiology,
clinical aspects, and therapy.
Matrix remodelling and fibroblast phenotype in early lesions of human cutaneous Leishmaniasis
(Path. Res. Pract., 1991)
SUMMARY.
The connective matrix participates directly in early pathological events observed in the
cutaneous lesion of leishmaniasis, due to Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis. A sample of
19 skin biopsies was examined ...
Évaluation du coût socio-économique de la leishmaniose cutanée en Guyane française
(Rev. Epidém. et Santé Publ., 1991)
Le coût socio-économique de la leishmaniose en Guyane française a été évalué par une
enquête rétrospective ayant porté sur une période d'une année: 1979-80. Les éléments de
coût chiffrables pris en compte ont été les ...
Histopathologie de la Leishmaniose cutanéo-muqueuse a Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
(Ann. Dermatol. Venereol., 1994)
Résumé.
Une étude histopathologique de la leishmaniose cutanéo-muqueuse à Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis est réalisée sur 28 biopsies cutanées et 114 biopsies muqueuses de patients d'origine bolivienne et péruvienne, ...
Clinical healing of antimony-resistant cutaneous or mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis following the combined administration of interferon-γ and pentavalent antimonials compounds
(Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1994)
Abstract.
In an open trial, longer courses of pentavalent antimonials (Sbˇ) at sub-optimal doses (10 mg/kg body weight), in association with recombinant human interferon-γ (IFN-γ) (100 µg/m2 of body surface area) were ...
Leishmanicidal and trypanocidal activities of Bolivian medicinal plants
(Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1994)
Abstract.
Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis are endemic diseases in South America, especially in the subandean areas of the humid lowlands of Bolivia. Fourteen plants used topically in folk medicine to treat ...
Antileishmanial activity of a tetralone isolated from ampelocera edentula, a Bolivian plant used as a treatment for cutaneous Leishmaniasis
(PLANTA MÉDICA, 1994)
Abstract.
The stem bark of Ampelocera edentula Kuhlm. (Ulmaceae) is used by the Chimanes Indians from Bolivia for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by the protozoan Leishmania braziliensis. A chloroform ...
Cryptic speciation in Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) Trapidoi (Fairchild & Hertic) (Diptera: Psychodidae) detected by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis
(Am. J. Trop Med. Hyg., 1996)
Abstract
Lutzomyia trapidoi is the major vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ecuador. In the framework of an epidemiologic study, female Lu. trapidoi sand flies were captured on human bait in La Tablada and Paraiso ...