2014
Chronicity of Dermal Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania panamensis Is Associated with Parasite-Mediated Induction of Chemokine Gene Expression
Navas A, Vargas DA, Freudzon M, McMahon-Pratt D, Saravia NG, Gómez MA. Chronicity of Dermal Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania panamensis Is Associated with Parasite-Mediated Induction of Chemokine Gene Expression. Infection And Immunity 2014, 82: 2872-2880. PMID: 24752514, PMCID: PMC4097649, DOI: 10.1128/iai.01133-13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-healed patientsChronic cutaneous leishmaniasisDermal leishmaniasisChemokine gene expressionClinical outcomesBiopsy specimensChronic diseasesInflammatory responseLeishmania panamensisExpression levelsCCR5 receptor geneInduction of CXCL5Montenegro skin testLesion biopsy specimensL. panamensisSelf-healing diseaseNew therapeutic targetsReverse transcription-quantitative PCRTranscription-quantitative PCRChemotactic chemokinesInflammation contributesSkin testAsymptomatic infectionInflammatory activationImmune cells
1989
Identification, using isoenzyme electrophoresis and monoclonal antibodies, of Leishmania isolated from humans and wild animals of Ecuador.
Mimori T, Grimaldi G, Kreutzer R, Gomez E, McMahon-Pratt D, Tesh R, Hashiguchi Y. Identification, using isoenzyme electrophoresis and monoclonal antibodies, of Leishmania isolated from humans and wild animals of Ecuador. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1989, 40: 154-8. PMID: 2919726, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1989.40.154.Peer-Reviewed Original Research