Leishmaniases comprise a spectrum of diseases caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania, with some species of rodents being incriminated as reservoirs. The capybara is the largest extant rodent species in the world and is widely distributed in South America. The occurrence of ...
Abstract The main clinical, anatomopathological, and molecular aspects of the infection by Leishmania infantum are described in two cats with multicentric cutaneous, nodular, and ulcerated lesions. The animals were submitted to a clinical examination, followed by serological, molecular and parasitologica...
Abstract INTRODUCTION This study proposes to identify the Leishmania species found in the skin lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) patients from Brasiléia municipality (Acre). METHODS Skin biopsy imprints or biopsy fragments were assayed via kDNA-PCR/RFLP and FRET-real-time PCR. RESULTS Of ind...
BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania martiniquensis infection has been reported in human and domestic animals of Martinique Island, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Myanmar and Thailand. The peculiar clinical features of disseminated cutaneous and visceral forms co-existence render the urgent need of...
Acredita-se que inúmeros processos de rearranjos e transferências gênicas teriam permitido o aumento da complexidade dos genomas, possibilitando o desenvolvimento de algumas características nas diferentes formas de seres vivos......
La Leishmaniasis, enfermedad causada por el protozoario Leishmania es una de las principales enfermedades parasitarias en países en desarrollo como Perú. Leishmania se caracteriza por presentar una estructura denominada Kinetoplasto, el cual contiene el DNA mitocondrial (kDNA). Los minicírculos son lo...
