Dorcas L Costa
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1.
Silva R, Uliana S, Yasunaka J, Veloso C, Sousa E, Ferreira M, et al.
Pathogens
. 2024 Jun;
13(6).
PMID: 38921748
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) results from protozoa and infection. This study investigated whether host factors would explain the relapses. First, susceptibility to amphotericin B of isolates was evaluated in vitro. Then,...
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Costa C, Chang K, Costa D, Cunha F
Pathogens
. 2023 Jul;
12(7).
PMID: 37513817
Kala-azar, also known as visceral leishmaniasis (VL), is a disease caused by and . Patients experience symptoms such as fever, weight loss, paleness, and enlarged liver and spleen. The disease...
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Goncalves S, Costa D, Cantinho-Junior J, Vieira-Junior J, Ishikawa E, Costa R, et al.
Pathogens
. 2023 Jul;
12(7).
PMID: 37513737
Infection with and may lead to diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis. The cure is exceptional, especially for the strange case of this lady. Case report: The patient acquired the disease in childhood...
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Reinaldo L, Araujo-Junior R, Diniz T, Moura R, Meneses-Filho A, Furtado C, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2022 Jul;
107(2):342-348.
PMID: 35895427
Some patients with visceral leishmaniasis (VL), or kala-azar, suffer relapses and low quality of life despite adequate drug therapy, especially those co-infected with HIV. Occasionally, physicians indicate splenectomy, but the...
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Grace C, Forrester S, Costa Silva V, Carvalho K, Kilford H, Chew Y, et al.
Genome Biol Evol
. 2021 Dec;
13(12).
PMID: 34865011
The Leishmania donovani species complex is the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis, which cause 20-40,000 fatalities a year. Here, we conduct a screen for balancing selection in this species complex....
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Carnielli J, Crouch K, Forrester S, Costa Silva V, Carvalho S, Damasceno J, et al.
EBioMedicine
. 2018 Oct;
36:83-91.
PMID: 30268832
Background: Miltefosine has been used successfully to treat visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in India, but it was unsuccessful for VL in a clinical trial in Brazil. Methods: To identify molecular markers...
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Souza C, Vieira M, Batista F, Eulalio K, Neves J, Sa L, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2018 Jan;
98(2):586-588.
PMID: 29313470
In countries where poliomyelitis has been eradicated, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is the leading cause of acute flaccid paralysis. The range of infections that precede GBS in Brazil is unknown. infection...
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Magalhaes F, Castro Neto A, Nascimento M, Santos W, Medeiros Z, Lima Neto A, et al.
PLoS One
. 2017 Sep;
12(9):e0184867.
PMID: 28957332
Current strategies for the control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (VL) rely on its efficient diagnosis in both human and canine hosts. The most promising and cost effective approach is based...
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Zacarias D, Rolao N, de Pinho F, Sene I, Silva J, Pereira T, et al.
Trop Med Int Health
. 2017 Apr;
22(6):679-687.
PMID: 28380279
Background: An infected host's Leishmania infantum load in blood is considered to be an estimate of his or her total parasite burden. Therefore, the measurement of blood parasite burden is...
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Silva J, Zacarias D, Silva V, Rolao N, Costa D, Costa C
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
. 2016 Jul;
111(8):517-22.
PMID: 27439033
Currently, the only method for identifying infective hosts with Leishmania infantum to the vector Lutzomyia longipalpis is xenodiagnosis. More recently, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) has been used to model...