Henry W. Murray
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View article: Fly bites and skin lesion in an asymptomatic traveler returned from Tanzania: Next steps?
Fly bites and skin lesion in an asymptomatic traveler returned from Tanzania: Next steps? Open
A returned traveler had three features suggesting a risk for developing East African human trypanosomiasis - geographical exposure (Tanzania), likely tsetse fly bites and a trypanosomal chancre-like skin lesion. However, the traveler was a…
View article: Rabies Exposures in International Travelers: A Review
Rabies Exposures in International Travelers: A Review Open
Up to 2% of international travelers report an animal contact which raises the possibility of rabies exposure. Travelassociated rabies is rare; however, infection is essentially fatal once expressed yet death is preventable by timely postex…
View article: Occurrence and spread of the banana fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense TR4 in Mozambique
Occurrence and spread of the banana fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense TR4 in Mozambique Open
Fusarium wilt, caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), poses a major threat to banana production globally. A variant of Foc that originated in Southeast Asia, called tropical race 4 (TR4), was detected on a…
View article: Targeting IL-27 and/or IL-10 in Experimental Murine Visceral Leishmaniasis
Targeting IL-27 and/or IL-10 in Experimental Murine Visceral Leishmaniasis Open
Interleukin-10 (IL-10) and interleukin-27 (IL-27) both exert counterregulatory immunodeactivation in visceral Leishmania donovani infection. We studied experimental L. donovani infection in the livers of IL-10-/- and IL-27Rα-/- mice and ob…
View article: Case Report: Mucosal Leishmaniasis in New York City
Case Report: Mucosal Leishmaniasis in New York City Open
The six previously reported civilian cases of mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) diagnosed in the United States have all represented imported New World ML. We describe two new patients with ML diagnosed in New York City-a Syrian immigrant with a n…
View article: Chiclero’s ulcer
Chiclero’s ulcer Open
More than 2 years before presenting to our clinic for a second opinion, this 28-year-old graduate student was hospitalized in Fermo, Italy with right ear erythema and necrotic ulcerations. He had been in Mexico 9 months before this hospita…
View article: Gamma Interferon-Regulated Chemokines in Leishmania donovani Infection in the Liver
Gamma Interferon-Regulated Chemokines in Leishmania donovani Infection in the Liver Open
In the livers of C57BL/6 mice, gamma interferon (IFN-γ) controls intracellular Leishmania donovani infection and the efficacy of antimony (Sb) chemotherapy. Since both responses usually correlate with granulomatous inflammation, we tested …