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Bidirectional Interaction Between Liposomal Amphotericin B Pharmacokinetics and Parasite Dynamics in Patients With Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis: Potential Implications for Optimal Dosing. [PDF]
Clin Pharmacol TherPost‐kala‐azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) involves a high macrophage burden in which the Leishmania parasites reside. Liposomal amphotericin B (LAmB) plays a key role in the treatment of PKDL. The mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS) is crucial in the distribution of liposomal drugs as well as the leishmaniasis pathophysiology.
Chu WY +12 more
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Nutritional status and vitamin A and zinc levels in patients with kala-azar in Piauí, Brazil
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2021 INTRODUCTION: Malnutrition and kala-azar (or visceral leishmaniasis) are significant public health problems in different parts of the world. Immunity and susceptibility to infectious and parasitic diseases are directly linked to the host’s nutritional ...
Mísia Joyner de Sousa Dias Monteiro +10 more
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A randomized comparison of branded sodium stibogluconate and generic sodium stibogluconate for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis under field conditions in Sudan. [PDF]
, 2000 OBJECTIVE: To compare the outcome of treatment of Sudanese kala-azar patients treated under field conditions with either branded sodium stibogluconate (SSG) (Pentostam GlaxoWellcome) or generic SSG (Albert David Ltd, Calcutta, supplied by International ...
Davidson, R N +3 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2013 Background An improved understanding in transmission variation of kala-azar is fundamental to conduct surveillance and implementing disease prevention strategies.
Bhunia Gouri Sankar +4 more
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Role of IL-17 gene polymorphism in Indian kala-azar
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2020 Background & objectives: Visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar is a fatal protozoan disease caused by an obligate intracellular parasite, Leishmania donovani. Susceptibility, establishment of infection and severity of this disease depend upon many factors,
R Khatonier +3 more
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Kidney involvement in leishmaniasis—a review
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014 Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania transmitted by insects of the genus Lutzomyia sp. or Phlebotomus sp.
Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior +2 more
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Risk Factors for Kala-Azar in Bangladesh
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 Since 1990, South Asia has experienced a resurgence of kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis). To determine risk factors for kala-azar, we performed cross-sectional surveys over a 3-year period in a Bangladeshi community.
Caryn Bern +16 more
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Leishmaniasis in Dhaka Medical College-experience of three years
Heliyon, 2020 The People's Republic of Bangladesh has been working to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis or Kala-azar cases since there was a memorandum of understanding signed between neighboring countries in 2005.
Mohammad Robed Amin +6 more
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Epidemiological study of the KALA-AZAR cases in Iraq for the years
The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2004 study of KALA-AZAR cases in Iraq was conducted during July 2004 , to study the epidemiological distribution of KALA-AZAR cases in Iraq for the years (1999-2003) comparing it with the cases of the previous years (1994-1998).
Baqir Kareem Abid
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Journal of the American Medical Association, 1914 The economic significance and pathologic and clinical course of kala-azar have been studied and described by many observers in Africa, India and the Mediterranean littoral. Its recognition in China, however, is of comparatively recent date, and data are yet insufficient to estimate its economic significance there.
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