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Lage D, Vale D, Maia F, Martins V, Silva M, Galvani N, et al.
Parasitology . 2024 Nov; :1-13. PMID: 39604215
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a tropical disease that can be fatal if acute and untreated. Diagnosis is difficult, the treatment is toxic and prophylactic vaccines do not exist. parasites express...
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Assis B, Chaves A, Lage D, Cardoso M, Pereira I, Camara R, et al.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis . 2024 May; 109(3):116338. PMID: 38718661
The diagnosis if leprosy is difficult, as it requires clinical expertise and sensitive laboratory tests. In this study, we develop a serological test for leprosy by using bioinformatics tools to...
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Assis B, Chaves A, Lage D, Cardoso M, Freitas C, Pereira I, et al.
Tuberculosis (Edinb) . 2024 Apr; 147:102505. PMID: 38583359
Leprosy diagnosis is difficult due to the clinical similarity with other infectious diseases, and laboratory tests presents problems related to sensitivity and/or specificity. In this study, we used bioinformatics to...
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Pereira I, Freitas C, Camara R, Jesus M, Lage D, Tavares G, et al.
Exp Parasitol . 2024 Mar; 260:108743. PMID: 38513973
Treatment against leishmaniasis presents problems, mainly due to the toxicity of the drugs, high cost, and the emergence of resistant strains. A previous study showed that two vanillin-derived synthetic molecules,...
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Freitas C, Pereira I, Lage D, Vale D, Pimenta B, Soares N, et al.
Cytokine . 2024 Feb; 177:156543. PMID: 38373365
Treatment against visceral leishmaniasis (VL) presents problems, mainly related to drug toxicity, high cost and/or by emergence of resistant strains. In the present study, two vanillin synthetic derivatives, 3 s...
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Jesus M, Lage D, Vale D, Freitas C, Pimenta B, Moreira G, et al.
Parasitol Res . 2023 Sep; 122(12):2917-2931. PMID: 37768367
Tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) is the main clinical manifestation of leishmaniasis, and it can cause the infected hosts to self-healing cutaneous lesions until mutilating scars in mucosal membranes, particularly in the...
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Ramos F, Pereira I, Cardoso M, Bandeira R, Lage D, Scussel R, et al.
Viruses . 2023 Sep; 15(9). PMID: 37766284
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus underscored the crucial role of laboratorial tests as a strategy to control the disease, mainly to indicate the presence...
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Lage D, Martins V, Vale D, Freitas C, Pimenta B, Moreira G, et al.
Acta Trop . 2023 Jul; 246:106986. PMID: 37453579
Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is compromised by drug toxicity, high cost and/or the emergence of resistant strains. Though canine vaccines are available, there are no licensed prophylactic human vaccines....
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Vale D, Freitas C, Martins V, Moreira G, Machado A, Ramos F, et al.
Biology (Basel) . 2023 Jun; 12(6). PMID: 37372136
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Americas is a chronic systemic disease caused by infection with parasites. The toxicity of antileishmanial drugs, long treatment course and limited efficacy are significant concerns...
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Freitas C, Santiago S, Lage D, Antinarelli L, Oliveira F, Vale D, et al.
Exp Parasitol . 2023 May; 251:108555. PMID: 37247802
The treatment against leishmaniasis presents problems, mainly due to their toxicity of the drugs, high cost and/or by the emergence of parasite resistant strains. In this context, new therapeutics should...