Published in J Infect Dis on April 13, 2004
Molecular diagnosis of leishmaniasis: current status and future applications. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 2.48
Antigenicity, Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of Three Proteins Expressed in the Promastigote and Amastigote Stages of Leishmania infantum against Visceral Leishmaniasis. PLoS One (2015) 1.40
Molecular diagnosis of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis and species identification by use of a reverse line blot hybridization assay. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.18
Prevalence and factors associated with Leishmania infantum infection of dogs from an urban area of Brazil as identified by molecular methods. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 1.14
Comparison of paraffin-embedded skin biopsies from different anatomical regions as sampling methods for detection of Leishmania infection in dogs using histological, immunohistochemical and PCR methods. BMC Vet Res (2006) 0.96
Canine leishmaniasis: the key points for qPCR result interpretation. Parasit Vectors (2011) 0.96
Canine babesiosis in northern Portugal and molecular characterization of vector-borne co-infections. Parasit Vectors (2010) 0.92
Papular dermatitis due to Leishmania infantum infection in seventeen dogs: diagnostic features, extent of the infection and treatment outcome. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.91
Kinetics and diagnostic and prognostic potential of quantitative Western blot analysis and antigen-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in experimental canine leishmaniasis. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2006) 0.90
Canine skin and conjunctival swab samples for the detection and quantification of Leishmania infantum DNA in an endemic urban area in Brazil. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 0.89
Noninvasive molecular diagnosis of human visceral leishmaniasis. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 0.88
The Problem of Mixing up of Leishmania Isolates in the Laboratory: Suggestion of ITS1 Gene Sequencing for Verification of Species. Iran J Parasitol (2011) 0.83
Efficacy of combined therapy with liposome-encapsulated meglumine antimoniate and allopurinol in treatment of canine visceral leishmaniasis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 0.83
Diagnostic value of conjunctival swab sampling associated with nested PCR for different categories of dogs naturally exposed to Leishmania infantum infection. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.82
Application of qPCR in conjunctival swab samples for the evaluation of canine leishmaniasis in borderline cases or disease relapse and correlation with clinical parameters. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.80
Development of a LAMP assay for detection of Leishmania infantum infection in dogs using conjunctival swab samples. Parasit Vectors (2015) 0.79
The quest for canine leishmaniasis in Romania: the presence of an autochthonous focus with subclinical infections in an area where disease occurred. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.79
Current status of L. infantum infection in stray cats in the Madrid region (Spain): implications for the recent outbreak of human leishmaniosis? Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.79
Subtractive phage display selection from canine visceral leishmaniasis identifies novel epitopes that mimic Leishmania infantum antigens with potential serodiagnosis applications. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2013) 0.78
Transcription of Toll-Like Receptors 2, 3, 4 and 9, FoxP3 and Th17 Cytokines in a Susceptible Experimental Model of Canine Leishmania infantum Infection. PLoS One (2015) 0.77
Nasal, oral and ear swabs for canine visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis: new practical approaches for detection of Leishmania infantum DNA. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 0.77
Evaluation of Immunofluorescence Antibody Test Used for the Diagnosis of Canine Leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean Basin: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Evaluation of conjunctival swab as a mass-screening tool for molecular diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis. Parasitol Res (2015) 0.75
PCR diagnosis and characterization of Leishmania in local and imported clinical samples. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2003) 5.32
Comparison of PCR assays for diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 2.26
LeishVet guidelines for the practical management of canine leishmaniosis. Parasit Vectors (2011) 2.14
Microsatellite analysis reveals genetic structure of Leishmania tropica. Int J Parasitol (2005) 1.98
Identification and differentiation of Leishmania species in clinical samples by PCR amplification of the miniexon sequence and subsequent restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.96
Canine leishmaniosis in the Old and New Worlds: unveiled similarities and differences. Trends Parasitol (2012) 1.83
Babesiosis in dogs and cats--expanding parasitological and clinical spectra. Vet Parasitol (2011) 1.63
Distinct transmission cycles of Leishmania tropica in 2 adjacent foci, Northern Israel. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.61
Canine leishmaniosis--new concepts and insights on an expanding zoonosis: part two. Trends Parasitol (2008) 1.58
Modular multiantigen T cell epitope-enriched DNA vaccine against human leishmaniasis. Sci Transl Med (2014) 1.57
Outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Israel. J Infect Dis (2003) 1.57
Detection and identification of old world Leishmania by high resolution melt analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 1.57
Leishmaniasis in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Trends Parasitol (2004) 1.39
2-(3-aryl-3-oxopropen-1-yl)-9-tert-butyl-paullones: a new antileishmanial chemotype. J Med Chem (2008) 1.36
Practical approach for typing strains of Leishmania infantum by microsatellite analysis. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.33
Leishmania tropica in rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis) in a focus of human cutaneous leishmaniasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.25
Detection of relapsing fever in human blood samples from Israel using PCR targeting the glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GlpQ) gene. Acta Trop (2006) 1.24
Molecular detection and characterization of tick-borne pathogens in dogs and ticks from Nigeria. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 1.18
Molecular diagnosis of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis and species identification by use of a reverse line blot hybridization assay. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.18
Rapid fluorescent assay for screening drugs on Leishmania amastigotes. J Microbiol Methods (2008) 1.15
Bartonella rochalimae in raccoons, coyotes, and red foxes. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.10
Rapid diagnosis of Old World Leishmaniasis by high-resolution melting analysis of the 7SL RNA gene. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.10
Canine spirocercosis: clinical, diagnostic, pathologic, and epidemiologic characteristics. Vet Parasitol (2002) 1.06
Multifarious characterization of leishmania tropica from a Judean desert focus, exposing intraspecific diversity and incriminating phlebotomus sergenti as its vector. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2004) 1.02
Bartonella species in bats (Chiroptera) and bat flies (Nycteribiidae) from Nigeria, West Africa. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2014) 1.01
Polygenic detection of Rickettsia felis in cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) from Israel. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 1.00
Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in the Jenin District, West Bank: 1989-1998. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2002) 0.98
Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with photodynamic therapy. Arch Dermatol (2003) 0.96
Isolation and genetic characterization of a Bartonella strain closely related to Bartonella tribocorum and Bartonella elizabethae in Israeli commensal rats. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 0.95
Detection of Bartonella spp. in wild rodents in Israel using HRM real-time PCR. Vet Microbiol (2009) 0.94
Splenic immune responses during canine visceral leishmaniasis. Vet Res (2007) 0.94
Leishmania tropica in northern Israel: a clinical overview of an emerging focus. J Am Acad Dermatol (2005) 0.94
Leishmaniasis in Turkey: molecular characterization of Leishmania from human and canine clinical samples. Trop Med Int Health (2009) 0.94
Babesiosis due to the canine Babesia microti-like small piroplasm in dogs-first report from Portugal and possible vertical transmission. Parasit Vectors (2011) 0.93
Canine babesiosis in northern Portugal and molecular characterization of vector-borne co-infections. Parasit Vectors (2010) 0.92
Mixed Ehrlichia canis, Hepatozoon canis, and presumptive Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in a dog. Vet Clin Pathol (2004) 0.92
Multiplex real-time qPCR for the detection of Ehrlichia canis and Babesia canis vogeli. Vet Parasitol (2010) 0.92
Anti-leishmanial activity of betulin derivatives. J Antibiot (Tokyo) (2010) 0.91
Molecular detection of Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis in dogs from the North of Portugal. Vet J (2008) 0.91
Genetic and antigenic diversities of major immunoreactive proteins in globally distributed Ehrlichia canis strains. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2008) 0.90
Canine leishmaniasis: a diagnostic and clinical challenge. Vet J (2007) 0.90
Babesia canis canis and Babesia canis vogeli infections in dogs from northern Portugal. Vet Parasitol (2008) 0.90
Population genetics of Leishmania infantum in Israel and the Palestinian Authority through microsatellite analysis. Microbes Infect (2009) 0.89
A serosurvey of Hepatozoon canis and Ehrlichia canis antibodies in wild red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Israel. Vet Parasitol (2004) 0.89
Diagnosis of Hepatozoon canis in young dogs by cytology and PCR. Parasit Vectors (2011) 0.89
First molecular evidence of Hepatozoon canis infection in red foxes and golden jackals from Hungary. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.88
Canine leishmaniosis and its relationship to human visceral leishmaniasis in Eastern Uzbekistan. Parasit Vectors (2011) 0.87
Synthesis and anti-leishmanial activity of heterocyclic betulin derivatives. Bioorg Med Chem (2010) 0.87
Aortic thromboembolism associated with Spirocerca lupi infection. Vet Parasitol (2005) 0.87
Transstadial transmission of Hepatozoon canis from larvae to nymphs of Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Vet Parasitol (2013) 0.87
Identification of Babesia species infecting dogs using reverse line blot hybridization for six canine piroplasms, and evaluation of co-infection by other vector-borne pathogens. Vet Parasitol (2012) 0.87
Detection of Ehrlichia canis by PCR in different tissues obtained during necropsy from dogs surveyed for naturally occurring canine monocytic ehrlichiosis. Vet J (2007) 0.86
Anti-leishmanial activity of disubstituted purines and related pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidines. Bioorg Med Chem Lett (2011) 0.86
Effect of pH and temperature on protein kinase release by Leishmania donovani. Int J Parasitol (2002) 0.86
Molecular detection of Rickettsia africae, Rickettsia aeschlimannii, and Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae in camels and Hyalomma spp. ticks from Israel. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2013) 0.86
Disseminated central nervous system disease caused by Trypanosoma evansi in a horse. Vet Parasitol (2009) 0.86
Coinfection with multiple tick-borne and intestinal parasites in a 6-week-old dog. Can Vet J (2007) 0.85
Leishmania tropica infection in golden jackals and red foxes, Israel. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 0.85
Identification of the molecular attributes required for aminoglycoside activity against Leishmania. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 0.85
The effect of amphotericin b derivatives on Leishmania and immune functions. J Parasitol (2005) 0.84
Molecular and histopathological detection of Hepatozoon canis in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Portugal. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.84
Acute phase protein response in experimental canine leishmaniasis. Vet Parasitol (2011) 0.84
First description of natural Ehrlichia canis and Anaplasma platys infections in dogs from Argentina. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis (2012) 0.84
Serological survey with PCR validation for canine visceral leishmaniasis in northern Palestine. J Parasitol (2006) 0.84
Leishmania major: effect of protein kinase A and phosphodiesterase activity on infectivity and proliferation of promastigotes. Exp Parasitol (2009) 0.84
Interleukin-12 augments a Th1-type immune response manifested as lymphocyte proliferation and interferon gamma production in Leishmania infantum-infected dogs. Int J Parasitol (2004) 0.83
Detection of Dirofilaria immitis and other arthropod-borne filarioids by an HRM real-time qPCR, blood-concentrating techniques and a serological assay in dogs from Costa Rica. Parasit Vectors (2015) 0.83
Polymorphism in the HASPB repeat region of East African Leishmania donovani strains. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 0.82
Evaluation of an attenuated strain of Ehrlichia canis as a vaccine for canine monocytic ehrlichiosis. Vaccine (2012) 0.82
Asymptomatic visceral leishmaniasis, northern Israel. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 0.81
Rickettsia conorii in humans and dogs: a seroepidemiologic survey of two rural villages in Israel. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 0.81
Kinetoplast DNA heterogeneity among Leishmania infantum strains in central Israel and Palestine. Vet Parasitol (2008) 0.81
Molecular fingerprinting of Leishmania infantum strains following an outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis in central Israel. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 0.80
Infection with a Hepatozoon sp. closely related to Hepatozoon felis in a wild Pampas gray fox (Lycalopex -Pseudalopex -gymnocercus) co-infected with canine distemper virus. Vet Parasitol (2011) 0.80
Failure of imidocarb dipropionate to eliminate Hepatozoon canis in naturally infected dogs based on parasitological and molecular evaluation methods. Vet Parasitol (2010) 0.80
Visceral leishmaniasis in Israel, 1960-2000. Isr Med Assoc J (2004) 0.80
Molecular cloning and characterization of two new isoforms of the protein kinase A catalytic subunit from the human parasite Leishmania. Gene (2002) 0.80
Leishmania tropica experimental infection in the rat using luciferase-transfected parasites. Vet Parasitol (2012) 0.80
First molecular characterization of canine hepatozoonosis in Argentina: evaluation of asymptomatic Hepatozoon canis infection in dogs from Buenos Aires. Vet Parasitol (2007) 0.79
Demographic and environmental risk factors for infection by Theileria equi in 590 horses in Israel. Vet Parasitol (2012) 0.79
Oocysts of Hepatozoon canis in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus collected from a naturally infected dog. Vet Parasitol (2011) 0.79
Experimental evidence against transmission of Hepatozoon canis by Ixodes ricinus. Ticks Tick Borne Dis (2013) 0.79
Seroprevalence of Neospora spp. among asymptomatic horses, aborted mares and horses demonstrating neurological signs in Israel. Vet Parasitol (2007) 0.79
Spirocerca lupi infection in a dog from southern Italy: an "old fashioned" disease? Parasitol Res (2014) 0.79