ArticleBiological trace element research2021
Low Serum Levels of Selenium, Zinc, Iron, and Zinc/Copper Ratio in an Endemic Region of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Southwest Iran.
Article in Biological trace element research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Serum Levels of Vitamins and Trace Elements in Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Biological trace element research · 2024Pooled it
- Serum Zinc Level and Efficacy of Zinc Therapy in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Biological trace element research · 2024Pooled it
- Exacerbation by knocking-out metallothionein gene of obesity-induced cardiac remodeling is associated with the activation of CARD9 signaling.International journal of biological sciences · 2025Article
- Role of cuproptosis in mediating the severity of experimental malaria-associated acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- The Interaction of Zinc as an Essential Trace Element withAdvanced biomedical research · 2024Review
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between neglected tropical diseases and malnutrition: more research needed on diseases other than intestinal parasites, leishmaniasis and leprosy.Access microbiology · 2024Article
- Macroelement and Microelement Levels in the Urine in Experimental Acanthamoebiasis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Association between serum copper-zinc ratio and respiratory tract infection in children and adolescents.PloS one · 2023Article
- Trace element zinc and skin disorders.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
Leishmaniasis is a widespread tropical infection; cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most common form of this disease known to cause significant morbidity. Trace metals, including selenium, zinc, iron, and copper, are required for the activity of several enzymes involved in immune system responses. The aim of this research was to measure the serum levels of selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), and Zn/Cu ratio in patients with CL. In this case-control study, 80 patients with CL and 80 healthy volunteers (not exposed to CL) from a CL endemic region in southwest Iran agreed to participate. Both clinical and parasitological verifications were made to include each subject as a CL-positive case. A questionnaire was completed for each participant which included the following criteria: age (year), height (cm), weight (kg), body mass index (kg/m
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