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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 629 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Two treatments help leishmaniasis healing: combo Rx, thermotherapy.(Clinical Rounds)
Author: Mitchel L. Zoler
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 34Issue: 5Page: 28(2)

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1963 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Changing pattern of visceral leishmaniasis, United Kingdom, 1985-2004.(DISPATCHES)
Author: Aeesha N.J. Malik
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 12Issue: 8Page: 1257(3)

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This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to leishmaniasis. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to leishmaniasis.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.Download Description
This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to leishmaniasis. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to leishmaniasis. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages. ... Read more

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This up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM provides the best collection available anywhere of official Federal government information and documents on the subject of leishmaniasis and related parasitic diseases. This CD-ROM uses next-generation search technology that allows complete indexing and makes all files on the disc fully searchable. For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material.

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This CD-ROM has over 22,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software and Reader software is included. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable!

Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. This book-on-a-disc makes a superb reference work and educational tool for patients and their families, physicians, and other medical professionals. (Information on this CD-ROM is NOT a substitute for professional medical advice; of course, readers are urged to consult with a professional health care provider for any suspected illness.) ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2007. The length of the article is 2266 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: New clinico-epidemiologic profile of cutaneous leishmaniasis, Morocco.(DISPATCHES)(Clinical report)
Author: Mohamed Rhajaoui
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13Issue: 9Page: 1358(3)

Article Type: Clinical report

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1194 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Zoonotic cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Afghanistan.(Letter to the editor)
Author: Michael K. Faulde
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 12Issue: 10Page: 1623(2)

Article Type: Letter to the editor

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This digital document is a journal article from Mut.Res.-Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a chronic infectious and granulomatous disease caused by the Leishmania parasite that invades the skin. Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS and RNS) produced during an inflammatory response are an important part of host-defense strategies of organisms to kill the parasite. However, it is not well known whether these intermediates cause DNA damage in CL patients. We investigated the effect of Leishmania infection on basal levels of DNA strand breaks and on the oxidative/anti-oxidative status of patients with CL, and compared the data with those of healthy subjects. Twenty-five CL patients and 19 age- and sex-matched control subjects were enrolled in the study. We used the single-cell gel electrophoresis (also called comet assay) to measure DNA strand breaks in peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes. Plasma protein carbonyl (PC), malondialdehyde (MDA) and total peroxide (TP) concentrations were measured to determine oxidative status and total anti-oxidative response (TAR) in plasma was measured to determine anti-oxidative status. The mean values of DNA damage and MDA and TP concentrations were significantly higher in CL patients than in the control group (p<0.001, p<0.01 and p<0.001, respectively). PC levels were also higher in patients, but this was not statistically significant (p>0.05). There was a significantly positive correlation between plasma MDA and DNA damage (r=0.524, p<0.01), and a negative correlation between TAR and TP levels (r=-0.790, p<0.001) in the patient group. These findings support the notion that ROS and RNS produced by the organism as a defense strategy may amplify the leishmanicidal activity in patients with CL. However, these intermediates not only cause the killing of the parasite but also induce oxidative damage in non-infected cells. Therefore, these patients must be treated urgently to counteract the oxidative DNA damage. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2006. The length of the article is 947 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Leishmaniasis in ancient Egypt and upper Nubia.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Author: Albert R. Zink
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 12Issue: 10Page: 1616(2)

Article Type: Letter to the editor

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1213 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Congenital visceral leishmaniasis.(transmission through phlebotomine sandflies)
Author: Catharina C. Boehme
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 12Issue: 2Page: 359(2)

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2093 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Canine leishmaniasis, Italy.(diseases of endemic diseases)
Author: Ezio Ferroglio
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 11Issue: 10Page: 1618(3)

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2007. The length of the article is 2163 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka.(DISPATCHES)
Author: Sujeevi S.K. Nawaratna
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13Issue: 7Page: 1068(3)

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This book provides an up-to-date summary of the advances that have come about through the use of modern, molecular technologies, and it is an important contribution to the literature, relevant to all researchers, clinicians, and social scientists investigating Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on January 15, 2004. The length of the article is 540 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: New treatments may help achieve healing of cutaneous leishmaniasis: topical imiquimod, thermal therapy.(Infectious Deseases)
Author: Mitchel L. Zoler
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 15, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 37Issue: 2Page: 37(1)

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2006. The length of the article is 5326 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Canine visceral leishmaniasis, United States and Canada, 2000-2003.(RESEARCH)
Author: Zandra H. Duprey
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 12Issue: 3Page: 440(7)

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1291 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Social impact of leishmaniasis, Afghanistan.(Letters)
Author: Richard Reithinger
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2005
Publisher: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
Volume: 11Issue: 4Page: 634(3)

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This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by International Medical News Group on February 1, 2005. The length of the article is 721 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: U.S. Soldiers in Iraq may return with leishmaniasis.(News)
Author: Damian McNamara
Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2005
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 36Issue: 2Page: 1(2)

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