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Immunotherapy, immunochemotherapy and chemotherapy for American cutaneous leish...
Mayrink,Wilson; Botelho,Ana Cristina de Carvalho; Magalhães,Paulo Araújo; Batista,Sebastião Mariano; Lima,Antonio de Oliveira; Genaro,OdairThe first choice of treatment for American cutaneous leishmaniasis is the pentavalent antimonial drug. Although it has been shown that this treatment is mostly effective and indicated, some disadvantages should be taken into account such as side effects, long term treatment inconveniences and counter-indication for patients suffering from cardiopathy, nephropathy; yet, aging, pregnancy and other conditions. Wit...
The use of radionuclide DNA probe technology for epidemiological studies of teg...
Andrade,Antero Silva Ribeiro de; Fernandes,Octávio; Heub,Marcia; Carvalho,Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro; Fontes,Cor Jesus; Melo,Maria Norma deDNA hybridisation, using probes labelled with 32P, was used to type Leishmania samples isolated from patients living in endemic areas of Mato Grosso State (Brazil), and clinically diagnosed as having tegumentary leishmaniasis. kDNA cloned mini-circle probes specific for the Leishmania mexicana and Leishmania braziliensis complexes were used. The results showed that L. braziliensis is the predominant group infec...