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Comparative microsatellite typing of new world leishmania infantum reveals low heterogeneity among populations and its recent old world origin by Kuhls, Katrin, Alam, Mohammad Zahangir, Cupolillo, Elisa, Ferreira, Gabriel Eduardo M, Mauricio, Isabel L, Oddone, Rolando, Feliciangeli, M Dora, Wirth, Thierry, Miles, Michael A, Schönian, Gabriele

“…Leishmania infantum (syn. L. chagasi) is the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the New World (NW) with endemic regions extending from southern…”
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New insights on taxonomy, phylogeny and population genetics of Leishmania (Viannia) parasites based on multilocus sequence analysis by Boité, Mariana C, Mauricio, Isabel L, Miles, Michael A, Cupolillo, Elisa

“…The Leishmania genus comprises up to 35 species, some with status still under discussion. The multilocus sequence typing (MLST)--extensively used for…”
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Whole-Genome Characterization of Rotavirus G9P[6] and G9P[4] Strains That Emerged after Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in Mozambique by Munlela, Benilde, João, Eva D, Strydom, Amy, Bauhofer, Adilson Fernando Loforte, Chissaque, Assucênio, Chilaúle, Jorfélia J, Maurício, Isabel L, Donato, Celeste M, O'Neill, Hester G, de Deus, Nilsa

“…Mozambique introduced the Rotarix vaccine into the National Immunization Program in September 2015. Following vaccine introduction, rotavirus A (RVA)…”
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Global genome diversity of the Leishmania donovani complex by Franssen, Susanne U, Durrant, Caroline, Stark, Olivia, Moser, Bettina, Downing, Tim, Imamura, Hideo, Dujardin, Jean-Claude, Sanders, Mandy J, Mauricio, Isabel, Miles, Michael A, Schnur, Lionel F, Jaffe, Charles L, Nasereddin, Abdelmajeed, Schallig, Henk, Yeo, Matthew, Bhattacharyya, Tapan, Alam, Mohammad Z, Berriman, Matthew, Wirth, Thierry, Schönian, Gabriele, Cotton, James A

“…Protozoan parasites of the complex - and - cause the fatal disease visceral leishmaniasis. We present the first comprehensive genome-wide global study, with…”
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Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy by Lukeš, Julius, Mauricio, Isabel L, Schönian, Gabriele, Dujardin, Jean-Claude, Soteriadou, Ketty, Dedet, Jean-Pierre, Kuhls, Katrin, Tintaya, K. Wilber Quispe, Jirků, Milan, Chocholová, Eva, Haralambous, Christos, Pratlong, Francine, Oborník, Miroslav, Horák, Aleš, Ayala, Francisco J, Miles, Michael A

“…Leishmaniasis is a geographically widespread severe disease, with an increasing incidence of two million cases per year and 350 million people from 88…”
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Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) for lineage assignment and high resolution diversity studies in Trypanosoma cruzi by Yeo, Matthew, Mauricio, Isabel L, Messenger, Louisa A, Lewis, Michael D, Llewellyn, Martin S, Acosta, Nidia, Bhattacharyya, Tapan, Diosque, Patricio, Carrasco, Hernan J, Miles, Michael A

“…Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) is a powerful and highly discriminatory method for analysing pathogen population structure and epidemiology. Trypanosoma…”
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First report of an Onchocercidae worm infecting Psychodopygus carrerai carrerai sandfly, a putative vector of Leishmania braziliensis in the Amazon by Brilhante, Andreia Fernandes, de Albuquerque, Alessandra Lima, Rocha, Abraham Cézar de Brito, Ayres, Constância Flávia Junqueira, Paiva, Marcelo Henrique Santos, de Ávila, Márcia Moreira, Cardoso, Cristiane de Oliveira, Mauricio, Isabel L., Galati, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi

“…Sandflies are insects of public health interest due to their role as vectors of parasites of the genus Leishmania , as well as other pathogens. Psychodopygus…”
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Visualisation of Leishmania donovani fluorescent hybrids during early stage development in the sand fly vector by Sadlova, Jovana, Yeo, Matthew, Seblova, Veronika, Lewis, Michael D, Mauricio, Isabel, Volf, Petr, Miles, Michael A

“…The Leishmania protozoan parasites cause devastating human diseases. Leishmania have been considered to replicate clonally, without genetic exchange. However,…”
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Comparative efficacy, toxicity and biodistribution of the liposomal amphotericin B formulations Fungisome® and AmBisome® in murine cutaneous leishmaniasis by Wijnant, Gert-Jan, Van Bocxlaer, Katrien, Yardley, Vanessa, Harris, Andy, Alavijeh, Mo, Silva-Pedrosa, Rita, Antunes, Sandra, Mauricio, Isabel, Murdan, Sudaxshina, Croft, Simon L.

“…Fungisome® (F), a liposomal amphotericin B (AmB) product, is marketed in India as a safe and effective therapeutic for the parasitic infection visceral…”
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Towards multilocus sequence typing of the Leishmania donovani complex: Resolving genotypes and haplotypes for five polymorphic metabolic enzymes (ASAT, GPI, NH1, NH2, PGD) by Mauricio, Isabel L., Yeo, Matthew, Baghaei, Mehdi, Doto, Daniela, Pratlong, Francine, Zemanova, Eva, Dedet, Jean-Pierre, Lukes, Julius, Miles, Michael A.

“…Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis is the gold standard for identification of Leishmania species and strains. Drawbacks include: only amino acid polymorphisms…”
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In vitro and in vivo behaviour of sympatric Leishmania (V.) braziliensis, L. (V.) peruviana and their hybrids by Cortes, Sofia, Esteves, Carina, Maurício, Isabel, Maia, Carla, Cristovão, José Manuel, Miles, Michael, Campino, Lenea

“…Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is the main cause of highly disfiguring mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) in South America. The related species L. (V.)…”
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Analysis of ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences of the Leishmania donovani complex by Kuhls, Katrin, Mauricio, Isabel L., Pratlong, Francine, Presber, Wolfgang, Schönian, Gabriele

“…To understand phylogenetic relationships of species and strains within the Leishmania donovani complex, we have analyzed the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed…”
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Dirofilariasis by Dirofilaria repens : an imported case and a brief review by Baptista-Fernandes, Teresa, Rodrigues, Manuel, Domingues, Dulce, Monteiro, Lucília, Paixão, Paulo, Pereira, Patrícia, Tavares, Raquel, Rodrigues, Paulo, Maurício, Isabel, Belo, Silvana, Toscano, Cristina

“…Abstract Human infections caused by Dirofilaria repens , a cosmopolitan zoonotic parasitosis endemic in Southern and Eastern Europe and Asia still is an…”
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The Leishmania donovani complex: Genotypes of five metabolic enzymes (ICD, ME, MPI, G6PDH, and FH), new targets for multilocus sequence typing by Zemanová, Eva, Jirků, Milan, Mauricio, Isabel L., Horák, Aleš, Miles, Michael A., Lukeš, Julius

“…Flagellates of the Leishmania donovani complex are causative agents of human cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. The complex is comprised of L. donovani,…”
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Population structure and evidence for both clonality and recombination among Brazilian strains of the subgenus Leishmania (Viannia) by Kuhls, Katrin, Cupolillo, Elisa, Silva, Soraia O, Schweynoch, Carola, Boité, Mariana Côrtes, Mello, Maria N, Mauricio, Isabel, Miles, Michael, Wirth, Thierry, Schönian, Gabriele

“…Parasites of the subgenus Leishmania (Viannia) cause varying clinical symptoms ranging from cutaneous leishmaniases (CL) with single or few lesions,…”
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Leishmania Exploit Sex by Miles, Michael A., Yeo, Matthew, Mauricio, Isabel L.

“…Leishmania are the last of the three major groups of trypanosomatid parasites to give up their secret--a healthy capacity for genetic exchange…”
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Leishmaniases in the Mediterranean in the era of molecular epidemiology by Schönian, Gabriele, Mauricio, Isabel, Gramiccia, Marina, Cañavate, Carmen, Boelaert, Marleen, Dujardin, Jean-Claude

“…Molecular tools are used increasingly for descriptive epidemiological studies in different Mediterranean foci of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniases. Several…”
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Trypanosoma cruzi Expresses a Plant-like Ascorbate-Dependent Hemoperoxidase Localized to the Endoplasmic Reticulum by Wilkinson, Shane R., Obado, Samson O., Mauricio, Isabel L., Kelly, John M.

“…In most aerobic organisms hemoperoxidases play a major role in H2O 2-detoxification, but trypanosomatids have been reported to lack this activity. Here we…”
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Development of a Multilocus Microsatellite Typing Approach for Discriminating Strains of Leishmania (Viannia) Species by Oddone, Rolando, Schweynoch, Carola, Schönian, Gabriele, dos Santos de Sousa, Cintia, Cupolillo, Elisa, Espinosa, Diego, Arevalo, Jorge, Noyes, Harry, Mauricio, Isabel, Kuhls, Katrin

“…A multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) approach based on the analysis of 15 independent loci has been developed for the discrimination of strains belonging…”
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Leishmania donovani populations in Eastern Sudan: temporal structuring and a link between human and canine transmission by Baleela, Rania, Llewellyn, Martin S, Fitzpatrick, Sinead, Kuhls, Katrin, Schönian, Gabriele, Miles, Michael A, Mauricio, Isabel L

“…BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), caused by the members of the Leishmania donovani complex, has been responsible for devastating VL epidemics in the…”
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