A Forgotten Foe Returns: The Diagnostic Odyssey of Kala‐Azar Masquerading as Myelodysplastic Syndrome in a Post‐Elimination Era [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsWe report a diagnostically complex case of visceral leishmaniasis (Kala‐azar) in a 73‐year‐old male from a country where the disease was eliminated in 2023.
Sumaya Khan Mifty +7 more
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Interleukin-8 Predicts Fatal Kala-Azar: A Case–Control Study [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseKala-azar is associated with case-fatality rates as high as 10% in certain regions. Early identification of mortality biomarkers can significantly reduce this risk.
Simone Soares Lima +6 more
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A case report on para-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: an unresolved mystery [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Background Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a dermatosis that occurs 2–3 years after an apparently successful treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
Md. Mehedi Hasan +6 more
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A Case Report of Two Kala-Azar Cases in China Diagnosed by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 BackgroundLeishmaniasis being a local disease, as kala-azar this particular form is a visceral form. It is transmitted by sandflies, and is a parasitic disease involving the reticuloendothelial system of mononuclear macrophages. Due to its poor prognosis
Hongguang Gao +3 more
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Application of improved harmonic Poisson segmented regression model in evaluating the effectiveness of Kala-Azar intervention in Yangquan City, China [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundThe Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Yangquan, China, has taken a series of preventive and control measures in response to the increasing trend of Kala-Azar.
Chongqi Hao +8 more
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The story of elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) in India-Challenges towards sustainment. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesThe earliest record of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar, KA, VL) dates back two centuries from Jessore (now in Bangladesh), with 0.75 million deaths in 3 years.
Shyam Sundar
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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward Kala-azar in an Endemic District in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Survey. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2023 Faria S +4 more
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A randomized double-blind Phase IIb trial to evaluate the efficacy of ChAd63-KH for the treatment of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis [PDF]
Younis BM +20 more
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Snowball Vs. House-to-House Technique for Measuring Annual Incidence of Kala-azar in the Higher Endemic Blocks of Bihar, India: A Comparison. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Visceral Leishmaniasis, commonly known as kala-azar, is widely prevalent in Bihar. The National Kala-azar Control Program has applied house-to-house survey approach several times for estimating Kala-azar incidence in the past.
Niyamat A Siddiqui +13 more
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Performance of kala-azar surveillance in Gaffargaon subdistrict of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 INTRODUCTION:Elimination of kala-azar is planned for South Asia requiring good surveillance along with other strategies. We assessed surveillance in Gaffargaon upazila (a subdistrict of 13 unions) of Mymensingh district, Bangladesh highly endemic for ...
Kazi Mizanur Rahman +8 more
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