Schistosoma mansoni antigens alter the cytokine response in vitro during cutaneous leishmaniasis Aline Michelle Barbosa Bafica; Luciana Santos Cardoso; Sérgio Costa Oliveira; Alex Loukas; Giuseppe Tittoni Varela; Ricardo Riccio Oliveira; Olívia Bacellar; Edgar Marcelino Carvalho; Maria Ilma Araújo PAGE: 856-863 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000700012

Report of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in a cutaneous-leishmaniasis-endemic area of Panama Anayansi Valderrama; Mara Garcia Tavares; José Dilermando Andrade Filho PAGE: 1049-1051 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000800025

A morphologically distinct Phlebotomus argentipes population from active cutaneous leishmaniasis foci in central Sri Lanka  Shalindra Ranasinghe; Rhaiza DC Maingon; Daniel P Bray; Richard D Ward; Chandani Udagedara; Manel Dissanayake; Vathsala Jayasuriya; Nissanka K de Silva PAGE: 402-409 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000300016

Identification of the natural breeding sites of sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), potential vectors of leishmaniasis, in the province of Chaco, Argentina Matías Ariel Parras; Juan Ramón Rosa; Enrique Alejandro Szelag; Oscar Daniel Salomón PAGE: 550-552 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000400018

Genus-specific kinetoplast-DNA PCR and parasite culture for the diagnosis of localised cutaneous leishmaniasis: applications for clinical trials under field conditions in Brazil Julia Ampuero; Alexandre Pereira Rios; César Omar Carranza-Tamayo; Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero PAGE: 992-997 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000700009

Urban distribution of Phlebotominae in a cutaneous leishmaniasis focus, Argentina Oscar D Salomón; María G Quintana; Mario Zaidenberg PAGE: 282-287 | DOI: S0074-02762008000300010

Lesion aspirate culture for the diagnosis and isolation of Leishmania spp. from patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis Zélia Maria Profeta Luz; Alexandre Rotondo da Silva; Fernanda de Oliveira Silva; Rachel B Caligiorne; Edward Oliveira; Ana Rabello PAGE: 62-66 | DOI: S0074-02762009000100010

Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in rural and urban environments in an endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in southern Brazil Carolina Fordellone Rosa Cruz, Mariza Fordellone Rosa Cruz, Eunice A Bianchi Galati PAGE: 303-311 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108032013008

Specificity of the rapid rK39 antigen-based immunochromatographic test Kalazar Detect® in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil Félix Javier León Molinet, Julia Sonia Ampuero, Rodrigo Diniz Costa, Elza Ferreira Noronha, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero PAGE: 293-296 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108032013006

Chemokines and chemokine receptors expression in the lesions of patients with American cutaneous leishmaniasis Nilka Luisa Díaz, Olga Zerpa, Félix Jacobo Tapia PAGE: 446-452 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108042013008

Clinical and Immunopathological Spectrum of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Special Reference to the Disease in Amazonian Brazil - A Review Fernando T Silveira, Ralph Lainson,Carlos EP Corbett* PAGE: 239-251

Leishmania braziliensis: Partial Control of Experimental Infection by Interleukin-12 p40 Deficient Mice Sebastião Martins de Souza-Neto, Cláudia Martins Carneiro, Leda Quercia Vieira, Luís Carlos Crocco Afonso PAGE: 289-294

Multiplex-PCR for detection of natural Leishmania infection in Lutzomyia spp. captured in an endemic region for cutaneous leishmaniasis in state of Sucre, Venezuela Alicia Jorquera, Ricardo González, Edgar Marchán-Marcano, Milagros Oviedo, Mercedes Matos PAGE: 43-46

Epidemiological and Clinical Features of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis American Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil A Falqueto, PA Sessa, AL Ferreira, VP Vieira, CB Santos, JBM Varejão, E Cupolillo, R Porrozzi, LE Carvalho-Paes, G Grimaldi Jr PAGE: 1003-1010

High Frequency of Skin Reactions in Patients with Leishmaniasis Treated with Meglumine Antimoniate Contaminated with Heavy Metals. A Comparative Approach Using Historical Controls Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero, Érico Marlon de Moraes Flores*, Elza Ferreira Noronha, Vanize de Oliveira Macêdo PAGE: 145-149

Distribution of Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) at Different Altitudes in an Endemic Region of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil Adelson Luiz Ferreira, Paulo Augusto Sessa, José Benedito Malta Varejão, Aloísio Falqueto PAGE: 1061-1067

Natural Infection of Lutzomyia rangeliana (Ortiz, 1952) (Diptera: Psychodidae) with Leishmania in Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela R Bonfante-Garrido, R Urdaneta, I Urdaneta, J Alvarado, R Perdomo PAGE: 11

Zinc Sulphate in the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: an in Vitro and Animal Study Rafid A Najim, Khalifa E Sharquie, Imad B Farjou PAGE: 831-837

Failure of Albendazole as an Alternative Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Hamster Model B Travi, Y Osorio PAGE: 515

Response to Heterologous Leishmanins in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Nigeria - Discovery of a New Focus Simon M Agwale, Dockha D Duhlinska, Gabriel Grimaldi Jr PAGE: 23-27

High and Low Doses of Antimony (Sbv) in American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. A Five Years Follow-up Study of 15 Patients MP Oliveira-Neto, A Schubach, ML Araujo, C Pirmez PAGE: 207-209

Variation between Geographical Populations of Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) whitmani (Antunes & Coutinho, 1939) sensu lato (Diptera:Psychodidae:Phlebotominae) in Brazil Elizabeth F Rangel, Ralph Lainson, Adelson A Souza, Paul Ready, Alfredo CR Azevedo PAGE: 43-50

The Sand Fly Fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) of a Focus of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Ilhéus, State of Bahia, Brazil Alfredo CR Azevedo, Maurício L Vilela, Nataly A Souza, Claudia A Andrade-Coelho, André F Barbosa, Antônio LS Firmo, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 75-79

In vitro activity of the hydroethanolic extract and biflavonoids isolated from Selaginella sellowii on Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis Yasmin Silva Rizk, Alice Fischer, Marillin de Castro Cunha, Patrik Oening Rodrigues, Maria Carolina Silva Marques, Maria de Fátima Cepa Matos, Mônica Cristina Toffoli Kadri, Carlos Alexandre Carollo, Carla Cardozo Pinto de Arruda PAGE: 1050-1056 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140312

Differential Serodiagnosis of Human Infections Caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. Using ELISA with a Recombinant Antigen (rTc24) VMA Passos,AC Volpini, EM Braga, PAF Lacerda , A Ouaissi, MVC Lima-Martins, AU Krettli PAGE: 791-793

Seroepidemiological Studies of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Campeche State of México Amalia Monroy-Ostria , Tayde Sosa-Cabrera, Beatriz Rivas-Sanchez, Rosaura Ruiz-Tuyu, Ana R Mendoza-Gonzalez, Luis Favila-Castillo PAGE: 21-26

Polymerase chain reaction detection of Leishmania DNA in skin biopsy samples in Sri Lanka where the causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis is Leishmania donovani Shalindra Ranasinghe, Renu Wickremasinghe, Sanjeeva Hulangamuwa, Ganga Sirimanna, Nandimithra Opathella, Rhaiza DC Maingon, Vishvanath Chandrasekharan PAGE: 1017-1023 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150286

Spatial modeling of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Andean region of Colombia Mauricio Pérez-Flórez, Clara Beatriz Ocampo, Carlos Valderrama-Ardila, Neal Alexander PAGE: 433-442 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160074

Intralesional meglumine antimoniate for the treatment of localised cutaneous leishmaniasis: a retrospective review of a Brazilian referral centre Rosiana Estéfane da Silva, Antonio Toledo Júnior, Maria Camilo Senna, Ana Rabello, Gláucia Cota PAGE: 512-516 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160183

Cytotoxic activity in cutaneous leishmaniasis Taís M Campos, Rúbia Costa, Sara Passos, Lucas P Carvalho DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170109

Effect of secondary infection on epithelialisation and total healing of cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions Liliane de Fátima Antonio, Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra, Maurício Naoto Saheki, Armando de Oliveira Schubach, Luciana de Freitas Campos Miranda, Maria de Fátima Madeira, Maria Cristina da Silva Lourenço, Aline Fagundes, Érica Aparecida dos Santos Ribeiro, Leonardo Barreto, Maria Inês Fernandes Pimentel PAGE: 640-646 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160557

Towards a standard protocol for antimony intralesional infiltration technique for cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment Rosiana Estéfane da Silva, Janaína de Pina Carvalho, Dario Brock Ramalho, Maria Camilo Ribeiro de Senna, Hugo Silva Assis Moreira, Ana Rabello, Erika Cota, Gláucia Cota PAGE: 71-79 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-027601700125

Effect of vegetation on cutaneous leishmaniasis in Paraná, Brazil Helen Aline Melo, Diogo Francisco Rossoni, Ueslei Teodoro DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170505

Meglumine antimoniate intralesional infiltration for localised cutaneous leishmaniasis: a single arm, open label, phase II clinical trial Dario Brock Ramalho, Rosiana Estéfane da Silva, Maria Camilo Ribeiro de Senna, Hugo Silva Assis Moreira, Mariana Junqueira Pedras, Daniel Moreira de Avelar, Lara Saraiva, Ana Rabello, Gláucia Cota DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180200

An overview of the sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) followed by the detection of Leishmania DNA and blood meal identification in the state of Acre, Amazonian Brazil Thais de Araujo-Pereira, Daniela de Pita-Pereira, Sandylere Moreira Baia-Gomes, Mariana Boité, Franklin Silva, Israel de Souza Pinto, Raimundo Leoberto Torres de Sousa, Andressa Fuzari, Cristian de Souza, Reginaldo Brazil, Constança Britto DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200157

Metformin promotes susceptibility to experimental Leishmania braziliensis infection Filipe Rocha Lima, Lais de Melo Ferreira, Tainá Alves Malta, Icaro Bonyek-Silva, Reinan Lima Santos, Natália Machado Tavares, Edgar Marcelino de Carvalho Filho, Sérgio Arruda DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200272

Mitochondrial dysfunction on Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis induced by ketoconazole: insights into drug mode of action Débora Cristina de Oliveira Silva Nunes, Mônica Soares Costa, Luiz Borges Bispo-da-Silva, Eloísa Amália Vieira Ferro, Mariana Alves Pereira Zóia, Luiz Ricardo Goulart, Renata Santos Rodrigues, Veridiana de Melo Rodrigues, Kelly Aparecida Geraldo Yoneyama DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210157

DC-SIGN receptor is expressed by cells from cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions and differentially binds to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and L. (Leishmania) amazonensis promastigotes Carolina de O Mendes-Aguiar, Milene Yoko Kitahara-Oliveira, Ana Cristina Oliveira de Almeida, Marcia Pereira-Oliveira, Manoel Paes de Oliveira Neto, Claude Pirmez, Elizabeth Pereira Sampaio, Adriano Gomes-Silva, Alda Maria Da-Cruz DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220044

First report of Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis in South American territory and confirmation of Leishbunyavirus infecting this parasite in a mare Artur Augusto Velho Mendes Junior, Camila Patrício Braga Filgueira, Luciana de Freitas Campos Miranda, Adilson Benedito de Almeida, Lilian Motta Cantanhêde, Aline Fagundes, Sandro Antônio Pereira, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Elisa Cupolillo DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220220

Characterisation of an area of coexistent visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis transmission in the State of Piauí, Brazil Silvia Alcântara Vasconcelos, Raimundo Leoberto Torres de Sousa, Enéas Costa Junior, João Paulo Diniz e Souza, Diane Cavalcante, Antônio Carlos Lima da Silva, Ivete Lopes de Mendonça, Jacenir Mallet6, Clarissa Romero Teixeira, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Thais Araújo-Pereira, Daniela Pita-Pereira, Constança Britto, Maurício Luiz Vilela, Regis Gomes DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760230181

Leishmania spp. genetic factors associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis antimony pentavalent drug resistance: a systematic review Raphaela Lisboa Andrade Nery, Thaline Mabel Sousa Santos, Luana Leandro Gois, Aldina Barral, Ricardo Khouri, Caroline Alves Feitosa, Luciane Amorim Santos DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760230240