"Leishmania infantum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes visceral leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL). Human infections are confined almost entirely to children. This parasite is commonly seen in dogs, other Canidae, and porcupines with humans considered only an accidental host. Transmission is by Phlebotomus sandflies.
| Descriptor ID |
D018314
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488.325
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania infantum- Leishmania infantum
- Leishmania leishmania infantum
- infantum, Leishmania leishmania
- leishmania infantum, Leishmania
- Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum
- Leishmania donovani infantum
- donovani infantum, Leishmania
- infantum, Leishmania donovani
Leishmania chagasi- Leishmania chagasi
- chagasi, Leishmania
- Leishmania donovani chagasi
- donovani chagasi, Leishmania
- Leishmania chagasi chagasi
- chagasi chagasi, Leishmania
- chagasi, Leishmania chagasi
- Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi
- Leishmania infantum chagasi
- chagasi, Leishmania infantum
- infantum chagasi, Leishmania
- Leishmania chagasi subsp. Chagasi
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania infantum" by people in Profiles.
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A pre- and during Pandemic Survey of Sars-Cov-2 Infection in Stray Colony and Shelter Cats from a High Endemic Area of Northern Italy. Viruses. 2021 04 03; 13(4).
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Spatio-temporal modelling of Leishmania infantum infection among domestic dogs: a simulation study and sensitivity analysis applied to rural Brazil. Parasit Vectors. 2019 May 07; 12(1):215.
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Randomized, controlled, double-blinded field trial to assess Leishmania vaccine effectiveness as immunotherapy for canine leishmaniosis. Vaccine. 2018 10 15; 36(43):6433-6441.
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Molecular detection of Leishmania infantum DNA and host blood meal identification in Phlebotomus in a hypoendemic focus of human leishmaniasis in northern Algeria. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 06; 12(6):e0006513.
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Intestinal pseudopolyps in a patient with Crohn's disease and renal transplant - An unexpected diagnosis. Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jan; 42(1):32-33.
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Human Interleukin-32? Plays a Protective Role in an Experimental Model of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Mice. Infect Immun. 2018 05; 86(5).
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Leishmania in wolves in northern Spain: A spreading zoonosis evidenced by wildlife sanitary surveillance. Vet Parasitol. 2018 May 15; 255:26-31.
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Safety Analysis of Leishmania Vaccine Used in a Randomized Canine Vaccine/Immunotherapy Trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 05; 98(5):1332-1338.
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In silico analysis and in vitro evaluation of immunogenic and immunomodulatory properties of promiscuous peptides derived from Leishmania infantum eukaryotic initiation factor. Bioorg Med Chem. 2017 11 01; 25(21):5904-5916.
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An ulcer on the lower lip. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017 Jul - Aug; 18:85-86.