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2005 • 1,756 citations

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2005 • 1,324 citations

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2008 • 673 citations

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2005 • 533 citations

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2013 • 511 citations

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2002 • 490 citations

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1998 • 409 citations

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2000 • 348 citations

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1996 • 316 citations

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2011 • 287 citations

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2007 • 152 citations

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2011 • 148 citations

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2011 • 141 citations

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2011 • 114 citations

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2004 • 113 citations

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2006 • 105 citations

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2009 • 100 citations

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2003 • 90 citations

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2009 • 85 citations

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2014 • 83 citations

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2012 • 81 citations

Incrimination of four sandfly species previously unrecognized as vectors of Leishmania parasites in Mexico

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2012 • 74 citations

Comparison of two commercial vaccines against visceral leishmaniasis in dogs from endemic areas: IgG, and subclasses, parasitism, and parasite transmission by xenodiagnosis

2014 • 74 citations

The burden of Leishmania chagasi infection during an urban outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

2002 • 73 citations

Sand flies naturally infected by Leishmania (L.) mexicana in the peri-urban area of Chetumal city, Quintana Roo, México

2010 • 69 citations

The molecular detection of different Leishmania species within sand flies from a cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis sympatric area in Southeastern Brazil

2010 • 67 citations

Atypical manifestations of tegumentary leishmaniasis in a transmission area of Leishmania braziliensis in the state of Bahia, Brazil

2009 • 66 citations

Leishmaniases in Bolivia: Comprehensive Review and Current Status

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Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics of Leishmania parasites

1999 • 62 citations

Accurate and rapid species typing from cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis lesions of the New World

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2002 • 51 citations

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Canine infection and the possible role of dogs in the transmission of American tegumentary leishmaniosis in Salta, Argentina

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A proposed new clinical staging system for patients with mucosal leishmaniasis

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2005 • 43 citations

A FRET-Based Real-Time PCR Assay to Identify the Main Causal Agents of New World Tegumentary Leishmaniasis

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2004 • 40 citations

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2012 • 36 citations

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2014 • 35 citations

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2012 • 35 citations

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2010 • 33 citations

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2011 • 33 citations

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2009 • 32 citations

Visceral Leishmaniosis caused by Leishmania (L.) mexicana in a Mexican patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection

2000 • 28 citations

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2002 • 26 citations

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2009 • 23 citations

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2011 • 21 citations

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2005 • 17 citations

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2011 • 16 citations

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2012 • 14 citations

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2006 • 13 citations

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis “Chiclero's Ulcer” in Subtropical Ecuador

2013 • 12 citations

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2013 • 11 citations

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2010 • 10 citations

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2007 • 8 citations

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2010 • 6 citations

Sandfly saliva of Lutzomyia ovallesi (Diptera: Psychodidae) as a possible marker for the transmission of Leishmania in Venezuela Andes region

2012 • 5 citations