2009
Detection of Leishmania in Unaffected Mucosal Tissues of Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania (Viannia) Species
Figueroa RA, Lozano LE, Romero IC, Cardona MT, Prager M, Pacheco R, Diaz YR, Tellez JA, Saravia NG. Detection of Leishmania in Unaffected Mucosal Tissues of Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania (Viannia) Species. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2009, 200: 638-646. PMID: 19569974, PMCID: PMC5056532, DOI: 10.1086/600109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKinetoplast minicircle DNAMucosal tissuesCutaneous leishmaniasisMucocutaneous leishmaniasisNasal mucosaSwab samplesMucosa of patientsLeishmania speciesPresence of LeishmaniaDetection of LeishmaniaMucosal leishmaniasisMucosal diseaseCutaneous diseaseLeishmania infectionPolymerase chain reactionParasitological evaluationPatientsLeishmania panamensisLeishmania guyanensisMucosaNatural historyLeishmaniasisLeishmania braziliensisChain reactionAsymptomatic presence
2008
Etiologic agent of an epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tolima, Colombia.
Rodríguez-Barraquer I, Góngora R, Prager M, Pacheco R, Montero LM, Navas A, Ferro C, Miranda MC, Saravia NG. Etiologic agent of an epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tolima, Colombia. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2008, 78: 276-82. PMID: 18256429, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmerican cutaneous leishmaniasisCutaneous leishmaniasisEtiologic agentLeishmania guyanensisProbable etiologic agentLeishmaniasis control programLarge epidemicsMonoclonal antibodiesLeishmania isolatesLeishmaniasisPeridomestic settingsZoonotic diseaseL. panamensisEpidemicDomestic transmissionControl programsPresent studyIsoenzyme electrophoresisIsolatesAgentsGuyanensisPatientsDiseaseDiagnosisAntibodies
1990
Infectivity of the subspecies of the Leishmania braziliensis complex in vivo and in vitro.
Rey J, Travi B, Valencia A, Saravia N. Infectivity of the subspecies of the Leishmania braziliensis complex in vivo and in vitro. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1990, 43: 623-31. PMID: 2267967, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1990.43.623.Peer-Reviewed Original Research