Published in Int J Dermatol on September 01, 2004
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Detection and identification of Leishmania species within naturally infected sand flies in the andean areas of ecuador by a polymerase chain reaction. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2005) 1.17
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Galactose-α-1,3-galactose-specific IgE is associated with anaphylaxis but not asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012) 1.12
Phylogenic analysis of the genus Leishmania by cytochrome b gene sequencing. Exp Parasitol (2008) 1.11
Urbanisation is associated with prevalence of childhood asthma in diverse, small rural communities in Ecuador. Thorax (2011) 1.08
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Establishment of a mass screening method of sand fly vectors for Leishmania infection by molecular biological methods. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.01
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Species assignation of Leishmania from human and canine American tegumentary leishmaniasis cases by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis in North Argentina. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2005) 0.98
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Direct agglutination test with urine samples for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2004) 0.97
Molecular mass screening to incriminate sand fly vectors of Andean-type cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ecuador and Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 0.97
Leishmania infantum and human visceral leishmaniasis, Argentina. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 0.96
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Efficient Ex vivo stimulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T cells by genetically detoxified Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase antigen toxoids. Infect Immun (2005) 0.95
Use of FTA cards for direct sampling of patients' lesions in the ecological study of cutaneous leishmaniasis. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 0.93
Comparison of two single-day regimens of triclabendazole for the treatment of human pulmonary paragonimiasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2004) 0.93
Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and cytochrome B gene sequencing-based identification of Leishmania isolates from different foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Pakistan. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 0.93
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First human cases of Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi infection in Ecuador and identification of its suspected vector species. Acta Trop (2013) 0.90
Are cytochrome B gene sequencing and polymorphism-specific polymerase chain reaction as reliable as multilocus enzyme electrophoresis for identifying Leishmania spp. from Argentina? Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 0.90
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Natural infection of Lutzomyia tortura with Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi in an Amazonian area of Ecuador. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 0.90
Evidence for in utero sensitization to Ascaris lumbricoides in newborns of mothers with ascariasis. J Infect Dis (2009) 0.89
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect urinary antibody against recombinant rKRP42 antigen made from Leishmania donovani for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 0.89
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First case of typical Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis treated with miltefosine. Int J Dermatol (2007) 0.88
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A repertoire of the dominant transcripts from the salivary glands of the blood-sucking bug, Triatoma dimidiata, a vector of Chagas disease. Infect Genet Evol (2009) 0.85
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Overexpression of LaMDR2, a novel multidrug resistance ATP-binding cassette transporter, causes 5-fluorouracil resistance in Leishmania amazonensis. FEBS Lett (2004) 0.80