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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 ...
The activity of 2-substituted quinoline alkaloids in BALB/c mice infected with Leishmanis donovani
(Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 1994)
Abstract.
Potent antileishmanial activity has recently been described in vivo when certain 2-substituted quinoline alkaloids are administered to mice with cutaneous leishmaniasis. We now report the ahtileishmanial activity ...
Diagnóstico preciso de especie en la Leishmaniasis a través de sondas de DNA
(Salud Boliviana, 1988)
La Leishmaniasis humana es un problema de salud pública mundial con más de 400.000 casos nuevos anuales (1) en los trópicos y subtrópicos, No se tienen prevalencias exactas, pero se estima que la Leishmaniasis afecta a 20 ...
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) ...
Human visceral leishmaniasis in Bolivia : first proven autochthonous case from "Los Yungas"
(Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1983)
On 25th February, 1982, a boy aged two years and two months was brought to the Children's Hospital in La Paz with a six-month history of diarrhoea, vomiting, fever and asthenia. On 14th April, a tentative diagnosis of ...
Leishmaniasis en Bolivia : Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) Vector de Kala - azar en los Yungas
(Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura, 1983)
Summary.
The epidemiological study of kala-azar in the "Yungas" focus shows that L. longipalpis, a predominant phlebotomine sandfly in peridomestic areas (96% of catches) is the main vector, Dissections of L. longipalpis ...
Visceral canine leishmaniasis in Bolivia
(Transantions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1982-05-11)
We report the first description ofr visceral canine leishmaniasis in Bolivia. In a first stage (October 1980), three dogs presenting mucous nasal lesions were found to be infected with Leishmania (numerous amastigotes on ...
Antiprotozoal activity of aporphine alkaloids isolated from Unonopsis buchtienii (Annonaceae)
(PHYTOTHERAPY RESERARCH, 1999)
On a preliminary screening, substantial leishmanicidal activity was observed for the petroleum ether and alkaloidal extracts of the stem bark of Unonopsis buchtienii, the alkaloids and sterols isolated from these were ...
Estimation of population at risk of infection and number of cases of Leishmaniasis
(Parasitology Today, 1992)
ln this paper, Dick Ashford, Philipe Desjeux ond Peter deRaadt attempt to estimate the total number of people at risk of acquiring disease caused by infetion with Leishmania spp. ln many areas a very small risk is distributed ...