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Hepatozoon canis and Leishmania spp. coinfection in dogs diagnosed with viscera...
Morgado,Fernanda Nazaré; Cavalcanti,Amanda dos Santos; Miranda,Luisa Helena de; O’Dwyer,Lúcia Helena; Silva,Maria Regina Lucas daAbstract This study describes the occurrence of dogs naturally co-infected with Hepatozoon canis and two Leishmania species: L. infantum or L. braziliensis. Four dogs serologically diagnosed with Visceral Leishmaniasis were euthanized. Liver and spleen samples were collected for histopathological analysis and DNA isolation. H. canis meronts were observed in tissues from all four dogs. H. canis infection was con...
Expression of annexin A1 in Leishmania-infected skin and its correlation with h...
Silva,Helen Aguiar Lemes da; Lima,Gabriel Silva de; Boité,Mariana Côrtes; Porrozzi,Renato; Hueb,Marcia; Damazo,Amilcar SabinoABSTRACTINTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was quantify annexin A1 expression in macrophages and cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) + and cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8)+ T cells from the skin of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (n=55) and correlate with histopathological aspects.METHODS:Infecting species were identified by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism, and expressi...