VL is the most serious form of leishmaniasis with a 95% fatality rate among untreated cases (WHO 2021) (1). It is endemic in 79 countries with an estimated annual global incidence ranging from 50,000 ...

Abstract Objective To describe and evaluate the initial indicators of the pilot implementation of miltefosine in Minas Gerais for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Methods This is a ...

Here we use cryogenic electron microscopy to determine the structure of TbAQP2 from Trypanosoma brucei, bound to either the substrate glycerol or to the sleeping sickness drugs, pentamidine or ...

M. Elizabeth Halloran, M.D., D.Sc. Head, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology Program Dr. Elizabeth “Betz” Halloran is a world leader in using mathematical and statistical methods to study ...

The goal of many observational epidemiological studies is to make causal inferences about the effects of interventions or exposures on health outcomes. This course defines causation in biomedical ...

Cancer epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of the likelihood of cancer development. Cancer epidemiology can be used to identify events that increase or decrease cancer ...

The present study investigated the diagnostic value of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) performed in parallel to conventional methods at an American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) referral centre for ...

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An ecological perspective on health emphasises both individual and contextual systems and the interdependent relations between the two. Origins of this approach have emanated from multiple disciplines ...