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Leishmaniasis is one of the neglected parasitic diseases, which belongs to the family Trypanosomatidae.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in Iraq and the available drugs are of side effect or resistant by the
parasite. In this study, cytotoxicity of methotrexate was investigated on the promastigotes proliferation of
the Iraqi strain ofL.tropica.The results showed a significant (p ≥ 0.05) difference in growth of treated
groupsat all concentration (1000, 500, 250, 125.5, 62.5, 31.25, 15.6) μM, after 24 and 48 hours of follow up,
while after 72 hours, significant difference was observed at concentration(1000, 125, 62.5) μM.The IC50
measured after 24and 48 hours and it was 40.366 and 44.452 μM, respectively.The present study showed
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