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Home / Archives for Parasitology

Elucidating in vitro and in vivo phenotypic behaviour of L. infantum/L. major natural hybrids

  • Autores: Cortes S, Albuquerque-Wendt A, Maia C, Carvalho M, Lima IA, de Freitas LAR, Dos-Santos WLC, Campino L
  • Ano de Publicação: 2019
  • Journal: Parasitology
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30486907

The clinical manifestation and course of Leishmania infections depend on factors such as species, virulence and host-immunity. Although trypanosomatids are considered to have clonal propagation, genetic hybridization has produced successful natural hybrid lineages. Hybrids displaying strong selective advantages may have an impact on pathogenesis and the eco-epidemiology of leishmaniasis. Thus, characterization of phenotypic properties of […]
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Dog hepatocytes are key effector cells in the liver innate immune response to Leishmania infantum

  • Autores: Rodrigues A, Alexandre-Pires G, Valério-Bolas A, Santos-Mateus D, Rafael-Fernandes M, Pereira MA, Ligeiro D, Nunes T, Alves-Azevedo R, Lopes-Ventura S, Santos M, Tomás AM, Pereira da Fonseca I, Santos-Gomes G
  • Ano de Publicação: 2019
  • Journal: Parasitology
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30561285

Hepatocytes constitute the majority of hepatic cells, and play a key role in controlling systemic innate immunity, via pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) and by synthesizing complement and acute phase proteins. Leishmania infantum, a protozoan parasite that causes human and canine leishmaniasis, infects liver by establishing inside the Kupffer cells. The current study proposes the elucidation of […]
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Re-Emerging foci of visceral leishmaniasis in Armenia – first molecular diagnosis of clinical samples

  • Autores: Sukiasyan A, Keshishyan A, Manukyan D, Melik-Andreasyan G, Atshemyan L, Apresyan H, Strelkova M, Frohme M, Cortes S, Kuhls K
  • Ano de Publicação: 2019
  • Journal: Parasitology
  • Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/reemerging-foci-of-visceral-leishmaniasis-in-armenia-first-molecular-diagnosis-of-clinical-samples/3660B1D3BEF8F25D1EA654C99FE4D933

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was firstly reported in Armenia in 1913. Following a considerable increase of the number of cases until the mid 1950s, the disease disappeared after 1969 and re-emerged in 1999. Scientific literature about VL in Armenia is available only in Russian or Armenian. This paper presents a historical overview about leishmaniasis in Armenia […]
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Elucidating in vitro and in vivo phenotypic behaviour of L. infantum/L. major natural hybrids

  • Autores: Cortes S, Albuquerque-Wendt, Maia C, Carvalho M, Lima IA, de Freitas LAR, Dos-Santos WLC, Campino L
  • Ano de Publicação: 2019
  • Journal: Parasitology
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30486907

The clinical manifestation and course of Leishmania infections depend on factors such as species, virulence and host-immunity. Although trypanosomatids are considered to have clonal propagation, genetic hybridization has produced successful natural hybrid lineages. Hybrids displaying strong selective advantages may have an impact on pathogenesis and the eco-epidemiology of leishmaniasis. Thus, characterization of phenotypic properties of […]
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In vitro and in vivo behaviour of sympatric Leishmania (V.) braziliensis, L. (V.) peruviana and their hybrids.

  • Autores: Campino L, Cortes S, Cristóvão JM, Esteves C, Maia C, Maurício I, Miles M
  • Journal: Parasitology
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=In+vitro+and+in+vivo+behaviour+of+sympatric+Leishmania+(V.)+braziliensis%2C+L.+(V.)+peruviana+and+their+hybrids.

Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is the main cause of highly disfiguring mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) in South America. The related species L. (V.) peruviana has only been identified in simple cutaneous lesions (CL). Hybrids between L. braziliensis and L. peruviana have been reported although genetic exchange in Leishmania is considered to be rare. Here we compared growth in vitro, adaptive capacity under thermal and oxidative stress and behaviour in a hamster model, of L. braziliensis, L. peruviana, and their putative hybrids. At 24°C, the optimal temperature for in vitro growth, L. braziliensis had the highest growth rate.
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