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ALeishmaniaHomologue of Receptors for Activated C‐Kinase (LACK) Induces Both Interferon‐γ and Interleukin‐10 in Natural Killer Cells of Healthy Blood Donors

scientific article published in 2000

Administration of recombinant interleukin-2 reduces the local parasite load of patients with disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis

scientific article

Alteration of Fas and Fas ligand expression during human visceral leishmaniasis

scientific article

An outbreak of suspected cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana: Lessons learnt and preparation for future outbreaks

scientific article

Antioxidants protect keratinocytes against M. ulcerans mycolactone cytotoxicity

scientific article (publication date: 4 November 2010)

Are intestinal helminths risk factors for developing active tuberculosis?

scientific article

Cells from healthy non-exposed individuals produce cytokines to selected fractions of Leishmania promastigotes

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Changes in the antigenic profile of Leishmania parasites following shifts in temperature

scientific article published in May 1990

Chronic helminth infections may negatively influence immunity against tuberculosis and other diseases of public health importance.

scientific article

Comparison between the skin snip test and simple dot blot assay as potential rapid assessment tools for Onchocerciasis in the postcontrol era in Ghana

scientific article

Comparison of parasitological and immunological methods in the diagnosis of leishmaniasis in Ethiopia

scientific article

Contribution of human neutrophils in the development of protective immune response during in vitro Leishmania major infection

article

Contribution of non-Leishmania-specific immunity to resistance to Leishmania infection in humans ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Cytokine responses to parasite antigens: in vitro cytokine production to promastigotes of L. aethiopica by cells from non-Leishmania exposed donors may influence disease establishment

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Diagnosis of onchocerciasis using highly specific and sensitive native proteins

scientific article published in January 2002

Differential immune response to Onchocerca volvulus: IgG4 antibody responses differ in onchocerciasis patients from Guatemala and Ghana.

scientific article published in January 1997

Differential induction of cellular responses by live and dead Leishmania promastigotes in healthy donors

article

Doctoral Education and Institutional Research Capacity Strengthening: An Example at Makerere University in Uganda (2000–2013)

scholarly article by Hannah Akuffo et al published 15 May 2014 in Higher Education Policy

Effect of deworming on human T cell responses to mycobacterial antigens in helminth-exposed individuals before and after bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination

scientific article

Emerging Leishmania/HIV co-infection in Africa.

scientific article

Enabling dynamic partnerships through joint degrees between low- and high-income countries for capacity development in global health research: experience from the Karolinska Institutet/Makerere University partnership

scientific article

Evaluation of amastigote reactive cells in human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania aethiopica

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Evaluation of serological assays for diagnosis of onchocercosis.

scientific article

FasL and TRAIL induce epidermal apoptosis and skin ulceration upon exposure to Leishmania major.

scientific article published on January 2007

Funding social innovation for health with research funds for development

scientific article published on 27 August 2020

Genetic variability within the species Leishmania aethiopica does not correlate with clinical variations of cutaneous leishmaniasis

scientific article

HIV-1 alters T helper cytokines, interleukin-12 and interleukin-18 responses to the protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani

article

HIV-1 inhibits Leishmania-induced cell proliferation but not production of interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor alpha.

scientific article published in April 1994

Helminthes could influence the outcome of vaccines against TB in the tropics.

scientific article published on October 2006

High serum-soluble interleukin-2 receptor is not associated with the immunosuppression in diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis

scientific article published on May 1994

Immunoblot analysis of sera from Ethiopian cutaneous leishmaniasis by antibody class.

scientific article published in January 1992

In vivo evaluation of immune responses in leishmaniasis: the use of cross-species leishmanin preparations for skin testing

article

Indications of the protective role of natural killer cells in human cutaneous leishmaniasis in an area of endemicity

scientific article

Induction and abrogation of LACK reactive cells in the evolution of human leishmaniasis

scientific article

Ivermectin-induced immunopotentiation in onchocerciasis: recognition of selected antigens following a single dose of ivermectin.

scientific article published in February 1996

Leishmania aethiopica derived from diffuse leishmaniasis patients preferentially induce mRNA for interleukin-10 while those from localized leishmaniasis patients induce interferon-gamma

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Leishmania surface protein gp63 binds directly to human natural killer cells and inhibits proliferation

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

Leishmania-HIV interaction: immunopathogenic mechanisms

scientific article

Leishmanial amastigote antigen P-2 induces major histocompatibility complex class II-dependent natural killer-cell reactivity in cells from healthy donors

scientific article published in March 2004

Live Leishmania promastigotes can directly activate primary human natural killer cells to produce interferon-gamma.

scientific article published on March 2003

Live and killed human immunodeficiency virus type-1 increases the intracellular growth of Leishmania donovani in monocyte-derived cells.

scientific article published on January 1998

Low dose chronic Schistosoma mansoni infection increases susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection in mice

Low-cost liquid medium for in vitro cultivation of Leishmania parasites in low-income countries

scientific article published on 22 October 2009

Mechanisms of resistance to Leishmania aethiopica. I. Interferon-gamma in combination with a cytokine (not tumor necrosis factor-alpha) is required, but cannot act alone in the inhibition of intracellular forms of L. aethiopica in THP1 cells

scientific article published on September 1, 1992

Natural and acquired resistance to Leishmania: cellular activation by Leishmania aethiopica of mononuclear cells from unexposed individuals is through the stimulation of natural killer (NK) cells.

scientific article

Natural killer cells in cross-regulation of IL-12 by IL-10 in Leishmania antigen-stimulated blood donor cells

Non-parasite-specific cytokine responses may influence disease outcome following infection.

scientific article published on June 1992

PPD induced in vitro interferon gamma production is not a reliable correlate of protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

article

Poor immunogenicity of BCG in helminth infected population is associated with increased in vitro TGF-beta production

scientific article published on 21 May 2008

Risk of tuberculous infection in adolescents and adults in a rural community in Ethiopia

scientific article published on February 2016

Role of Leishmania donovani and its lipophosphoglycan in CD4+ T-cell activation-induced human immunodeficiency virus replication

scientific article

Schistosoma mansoni infection reduces the protective efficacy of BCG vaccination against virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis

scientific article published in February 2005

Serum antibody specificities to Leishmania aethiopica antigens in patients with localized and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis

scientific article published on 01 September 1990

Skin rash for 15 years

scientific article published in The Lancet

Surrogate markers of immunity to Leishmania major in leishmanin skin test negative individuals from an endemic area re-visited

scientific article

Systemic FasL and TRAIL neutralisation reduce leishmaniasis induced skin ulceration

scientific article

The Pathogenesis of Leishmania aethiopica Infection in BALB/c Mice

scientific article published on 01 August 1990

The contribution of the Fas/FasL apoptotic pathway in ulcer formation during Leishmania major-induced cutaneous Leishmaniasis.

scientific article

The effect of repeated leishmanin skin testing on the immune responses to Leishmania antigen in healthy volunteers

article

The interplay between Leishmania promastigotes and human Natural Killer cells in vitro leads to direct lysis of Leishmania by NK cells and modulation of NK cell activity by Leishmania promastigotes.

scientific article published on 9 September 2011

The use of itraconazole in the treatment of leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania aethiopica

scientific article

The value of a direct agglutination test in the diagnosis of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia

scientific article published in May 1990

Tracing immunity to human leishmaniasis

scientific article published on March 2009

Visceral leishmaniasis in Somalia: prevalence of leishmanin-positive and seropositive inhabitants in an endemic area.

scientific article published in January 1995

Visceral leishmaniasis in Somalia: prevalence of markers of infection and disease manifestations in a village in an endemic area.

scientific article

Worms and Humans: A Happy Divorce?

scientific article published on January 2015

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