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Free Radical Production Induced by Nitroimidazole Compounds Lead to Cell Death in Leishmania infantum Amastigotes

Julia Andrés-Rodríguez,
María-Cristina González-Montero,
Nerea García-Fernández,
Estefanía Calvo-Álvarez,
María-Yolanda Pérez-Pertejo,
Rosa-María Reguera-Torres,
Rafael Balaña-Fouce and
Carlos García-Estrada

Molecules2024, 29(17), 4041;https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29174041

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26 August 2024

Leishmania infantum is the vector-borne trypanosomatid parasite causing visceral leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean basin. This neglected tropical disease is treated with a limited number of obsolete drugs that are not exempt from adverse effects and...

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Comparative Gut Proteome of Nyssomyia umbratilis from Leishmaniasis Endemic and Non-Endemic Areas of Amazon Reveals Differences in Microbiota and Proteins Related to Immunity and Gut Function

Antonio Jorge Tempone,
Guilherme Ian Spelta,
Victor Ramos de Almeida,
Daniel Machado Giglioti,
Erika Moutinho Costa,
Izabela Mathias,
Helena Vargas,
Thais Lemos-Silva,
Ana Carolina Pedro dos Santos Ribeiro and
Yara Maria Traub-Csekö
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Microorganisms2025, 13(6), 1304;https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13061304

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4 June 2025

The northern region of Brazil is endemic for American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) primarily caused by Leishmania guyanensis and transmitted by the sand fly Nyssomyia umbratilis. The disease occurs at different rates in the municipalities of Manac...

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Molecular Characterization of Leishmania Species among Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia

Yasser Alraey,
Rasha Alhweti,
Hatim Almutairi,
Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Qahtani,
Mohammed Ibrahim Alshahrani,
Mohammed Hussin Asiri,
Abdulrhman Mousa Alhammas,
Saeed Jubran Alwagdi,
Abdulaziz Alshahrani and
Elyes Zhioua
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Pathogens2022, 11(12), 1472;https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11121472

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5 December 2022

Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniais (ACL) and zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) caused by Leishmania tropica and Leishmania major, respectively, are endemic vector-borne diseases in southern Saudi Arabia. In 2021, an outbreak of cutaneous leish...

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