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Lutzomyia longipalpis and the eco-epidemiology of American visceral leishmaniasis, with particular reference to Brazil: a review.
- R. Lainson, E. Rangel
- Biology, Medicine
- Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
- 1 December 2005
An historical review is given of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL), with particular reference to the eco-epidemiology of the disease in Brazil. Following the first records of AVL in this country,… Expand
Evolution, classification and geographical distribution.
- R. Lainson, J. Shaw, W. Peters, R. Killick-Kendrick
- Biology
- 1987
- 586
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Clinical and immunopathological spectrum of American cutaneous leishmaniasis with special reference to the disease in Amazonian Brazil: a review.
- F. Silveira, R. Lainson, C. Corbett
- Biology, Medicine
- Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
- 1 May 2004
The wide variety of Leishmania species responsible for human American cutaneous leishmaniasis combined with the immune mechanisms of the host results in a large spectrum of clinical,… Expand
Proven and putative vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil: aspects of their biology and vectorial competence.
- E. Rangel, R. Lainson
- Medicine, Biology
- Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
- 1 November 2009
The aim of the present review is to give relevant information on aspects of the biology and ecology, including the vectorial competence of Lutzomyia sand fly species suggested as vectors of American… Expand
The American leishmaniases: some observations on their ecology and epidemiology.
- R. Lainson
- Biology, Medicine
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical…
- 1983
As the first species of Leishmania encountered were the agents of human visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis, it is understandable that studies on these parasites for a long time concentrated on… Expand
New World Leishmaniasis
- R. Lainson, J. Shaw
- Biology
- 15 March 2010
Keywords:
New World leishmaniasis;
neotropical cutaneous leishmaniasis (NCL)-seeming to be of great antiquity;
cutaneous leishmaniasis-widespread in Latin America;
NCL, a zoonosis-causative… Expand
Leishmaniasis in Brazil: XIII. Isolation of Leishmania from armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus), and observations on the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in north Pará State.
- R. Lainson, J. Shaw, R. D. Ward, P. Ready, R. D. Naiff
- Biology, Medicine
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical…
- 1979
Trypanosoma vivax in Brazil.
- J. Shaw, R. Lainson
- Biology, Medicine
- Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
- 1 March 1972
An outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis among soldiers in Belém, Pará State, Brazil, caused by Leishmania (Viannia) lindenbergi n. sp. A new leishmanial parasite of man in the Amazon region.
- F. Silveira, E. Ishikawa, A. D. de Souza, R. Lainson
- Medicine, Biology
- Parasite
- 1 March 2002
Eight cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis are recorded among soldiers of the Brazilian Forest Infantry stationed in Belém, State of Pará, north of Brazil. The infections, all acquired during manoeuvres… Expand
Leishmaniasis in Brazil: XVI. Isolation and identification of Leishmania species from sandflies, wild mammals and man in north Para State, with particular reference to L. braziliensis guyanensis…
- R. Lainson, J. Shaw, P. Ready, M. Miles, M. Póvoa
- Biology, Medicine
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical…
- 1981
A total of 125 wild mammals (14 different species) were examined for evidence of infection with Leishmania in an area of primary forest highly endemic for "pian-bois", due to Leishmania braziliensis… Expand