"Leishmaniasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A disease caused by any of a number of species of protozoa in the genus LEISHMANIA. There are four major clinical types of this infection: cutaneous (Old and New World) (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS), diffuse cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS), mucocutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS), and visceral (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D007896
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.300.500 C03.858.560 C17.800.838.775.560
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmaniasis- Leishmaniasis
- Leishmaniases
- Leishmania Infection
- Infection, Leishmania
- Infections, Leishmania
- Leishmania Infections
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmaniasis" by people in Profiles.
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Neglected tropical disease vaccines: hookworm, leishmaniasis, and schistosomiasis. Vaccine. 2023 Nov 03; 41 Suppl 2:S176-S179.
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Development of chimeric protein as a multivalent vaccine for human Kinetoplastid infections: Chagas disease and leishmaniasis. Vaccine. 2023 08 23; 41(37):5400-5411.
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A short-term method to evaluate anti-leishmania drugs by inhibition of stage differentiation in Leishmania mexicana using flow cytometry. Exp Parasitol. 2023 Jun; 249:108519.
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How I Approach Leishmaniasis: Diagnosis and Treatment in the United States. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022 Dec 05; 11(11):525-532.
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Neglected tropical diseases in children: An assessment of gaps in research prioritization. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 01; 13(1):e0007111.
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The rise of leishmaniasis in the twenty-first century. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2018 09 01; 112(9):421-422.
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Status of vaccine research and development of vaccines for leishmaniasis. Vaccine. 2016 06 03; 34(26):2992-2995.
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Impact of vectorborne parasitic neglected tropical diseases on child health. Arch Dis Child. 2016 07; 101(7):640-7.
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New Vaccines for the World's Poorest People. Annu Rev Med. 2016; 67:405-17.
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Childhood parasitic infections endemic to the United States. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2013 Apr; 60(2):471-85.