Transmission Potential of Antimony-Resistant Leishmania Field Isolates

Authors: Ait-Oudhia K, Eddaikra N, Gazanion E, Maia C, Oury B, Pratlong F, Seblova V, Sereno D, Volf P
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Link: http://aac.asm.org/content/58/10/6273.full

We studied the development of antimony-resistant Leishmania infantum in natural vectors Lutzomyia longipalpis and Phlebotomus perniciosus to ascertain the risk of parasite transmission by sand flies.
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First Report of Thelazia Callipaeda in red foxes (Vulpes Vulpes) from Portugal

Authors: Cardoso L, Catarino AL, Loureiro F, Maia C, Otranto D, Sargo R, Silva F, Valente J
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25000721

The first cases of infection with the eyeworm Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Portugal are described. Worms were collected from 1 fox (7 worms) in the north and from 2 foxes (10 worms) in the central region of the country.
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Immunization with the Leishmania infantum recombinant cyclophilin protein 1 confers partial protection to subsequent parasite infection and generates specific memory T cells

Authors: Alexandre-Pires G, Carreira J, Carvalho S, Rodrigues A, Santos-Gomes GM, Teixeira F
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Vaccine
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24486368

Control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniosis can be achieved using several available drugs. These drugs present high toxicity and require longer treatment regimens which complicate compliance to the treatment. Other control measures directed to the vector or the reservoirs are useful tools to restrain the spreading of this disease but the effects are transitory.
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Trypanosoma cruzi strain Tcl is associated with chronic Chagas disease in the Brazilian Amazon

Authors: Barbosa MDV, Barbosa-Ferreira JM, Coelho LI, da Silva GA, de Brito FR, Guerra JAO, Maciel MG, Magalhaes LK, Magalhaes LKC, Monteiro WM, Prestes SR, Santana RAG, Silveira H
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Parasites & Vectors
Link: http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/7/1/267

The aim of this study was to characterize Trypanosoma cruzi in patients with chronic Chagas disease in the State of Amazonas, Brazil.
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Bioinformatics tools for the investigation of viral evolution and molecular epidemiology

Authors: Salemi M, Vandamme AM
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Infection Genetics and Evolution
Link: https://rega.kuleuven.be/cev/avd/files/publications/peer_reviewed/bioinformatics-tools-2010.pdf

Transmission Potential of Antimony-Resistant Leishmania Field Isolates

First Report of Thelazia Callipaeda in red foxes (Vulpes Vulpes) from Portugal

Immunization with the Leishmania infantum recombinant cyclophilin protein 1 confers partial protection to subsequent parasite infection and generates specific memory T cells

Trypanosoma cruzi strain Tcl is associated with chronic Chagas disease in the Brazilian Amazon

Bioinformatics tools for the investigation of viral evolution and molecular epidemiology

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