Section outline

  • Lecture: Leishmaniasis

    Faculty:  Caryn Bern

    Location:  Mission Hall 1109

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

    • Jeronimo SMB, de Queiroz Sousa A, Pearson RD. Leishmaniasis. In: Guerrant RL, Walker DH, Weller PF, eds. Tropical infectious diseases: principles, pathogens and practice. Edinburgh, Scotland: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2011:696-706. File
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    • Quinnell RJ, Courtenay O. Transmission, reservoir hosts and control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis. Parasitology 2009 Oct 16:1-20. File
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Alvar J, Velez ID, Bern C, et al. Leishmaniasis worldwide and global estimates of its incidence. PloS one 2012;7:e35671. File
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    • Alvar J, Yactayo S, Bern C. Leishmaniasis and poverty. Trends Parasitol 2006;22:552-7. File
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    • World Health Organization. Control of the leishmaniases. World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser 2010: 1-186. File
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    • Articles for the Student Seminar:

    • Courtenay O, Quinnell RJ, Garcez LM, Shaw JJ, Dye C. Infectiousness in a cohort of Brazilian dogs: why culling fails to control visceral leishmaniasis in areas of high transmission. The Journal of infectious diseases 2002 Nov 1;186(9):1314-20. File
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    • Werneck GL, Costa CH, de Carvalho FA, Pires ECMS, Maguire JH, Castro MC. Effectiveness of insecticide spraying and culling of dogs on the incidence of Leishmania infantum infection in humans: A cluster randomized trial in Teresina, Brazil. PLoS Negl Trop File
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    • Optional extra reading related to student seminar:

    • Courtenay O, Carson C, Calvo-Bado L, Garcez L, Quinnell R. Heterogeneities in Leishmania infantum infection: using skin parasite burdens to identify highly infectious dogs. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014;8(1): e2583. File
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