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[Cutaneous leishmaniasis].
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in certain tropical and sub-tropical regions, and is sometimes encountered as an imported disease in Norway. The disease is characterized by chronic and painless, but often disfiguring, ulcers that regress after some months to years, leaving atrophic scars. Diagnosis is established by demonstrating amastigote Leishmania bodies by microscopy of Giemsa-stained s...
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Transforming growthfactor (TGF)-,8 has several downregulatoryfunctions on the immune systenm inhibition ofinterleukin-2 receptor induction, decrease of interferon-yinduced class II antigen expression, inhibition of macrophage activation, as weUl as cytotoxic and lymphokineactivated kilter cell generation. TGF-(8 has also been recognized as an important immunoregulator in murine leishmaniasis, f...
متن کاملCutaneous leishmaniasis.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in the tropics and neotropics. It is often referred to as a group of diseases because of the varied spectrum of clinical manifestations, which range from small cutaneous nodules to gross mucosal tissue destruction. Cutaneous leishmaniasis can be caused by several Leishmania spp and is transmitted to human beings and animals by sandflies. Despite its increasing...
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The leishmaniases are parasitic diseases that are transmitted to humans by infected female sandflies. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of 3 main forms of the disease. CL is the most common form of the disease and is endemic in many urban and rural parts of Iran and usually caused by two species of Leishmania: L. major and L. tropica. We report a case of unusual leishmaniasis with 25 lesions ...
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Sir, Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a protozoan disease present in Old and New Worlds (1, 2). It is endemic in the Mediterranian basin, particularly in the rural areas of Sicily where almost 60% of Italian cases occur. The disease is caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania infantum, carried by specific species of sandflies as Phlebotomus perniciosus and Phlebotomus perfiliewi perfiliewi (3...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nepal Journal of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2091-167X,2091-0231
DOI: 10.3126/njdvl.v16i1.19396