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Para-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a patient in Brazil: a case report

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Visceral leishmaniasis is common in Brazil and is caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum/chagasi. Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis frequently follows visceral leishmaniasis caused by L.
José Angelo Lauletta Lindoso, Carlos Henrique Valente Moreira, Beatriz Julieta Celeste, Luiza Keiko Matsuka Oyafuso, Pedro Moreira Folegatti, Eduard Evert Zijlstra   +5 more
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Seasonal relationship between normalized difference vegetation index and abundance of the Phlebotomus kala-azar vector in an endemic focus in Bihar, India

Geospatial Health, 2012
Remote sensing was applied for the collection of spatio-temporal data to increase our understanding of the potential distribution of the kala-azar vector Phlebotomus argentipes in endemic areas of the Vaishali district of Bihar, India.
Gouri S. Bhunia, Shreekant Kesari, Nandini Chatterjee, Rakesh Mandal, Vijay Kumar, Pradeep Das   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Generic and Proprietary Sodium Stibogluconate for the Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Kenya. [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To compare the use of generic and proprietary sodium stibogluconate for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar). METHODS: A total of 102 patients with confirmed kala-azar were treated in a mission hospital in West Pokot region ...
Davidson, R N, de Wit, S, Heuvelmans, H, Moore, E, O'Flaherty, D, Seaman, J, Veeken, H   +6 more
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Brain Involvement in Leishmaniasis

Cell Biochemistry and Function, Volume 44, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Leishmania and it is a significant global health problem. The disease has a wide clinical spectrum, from tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) that encompasses cutaneous (CL), mucosal (ML) and cutaneous‐diffuse (CDL) forms, to the potentially fatal systemic ...
Camila S. Freitas, Eduardo A. F. Coelho, Myron Christodoulides   +2 more
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Visceral Leishmaniasis in Somalia: Diagnosis and Management of a Classic Case in a Resource‐Limited Endemic Setting

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), a severe systemic neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by Leishmania donovani complex protozoa, poses a significant public health threat, particularly in East Africa, where it is fatal if untreated. Somalia is known to be endemic, but the true burden and programmatic challenges are poorly documented due to long ...
Abdirahman Nuur Hussein, Abdirahman Omer Ali, Ridwan Zakariye Ahmed, Sihaam Mohamed Abdirahman, Ahmed Dek Abdiwahab   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human immunodeficiency virus/Leishmania infantum in the first foci of urban American visceral leishmaniasis: clinical presentation from 1994 to 2010

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection with Leishmania infantum or Leishmania donovani, the agents of visceral leishmaniasis (or kala-azar), has become a fatal public health problem in the tropics where kala-azar is endemic.
Iúri Paz Lima, Marina Costa Müller, Thiago Ayres Holanda, Michael Harhay, Carlos Henrique Nery Costa, Dorcas Lamounier Costa   +5 more
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Export of miRNAs from activated macrophages is cooperative and HuR‐dependent

FEBS Letters, Volume 600, Issue 5, Page 693-709, March 2026.
This study uncovers a new mechanism for miRNA export regulation in mammalian cells, driven by the RNA‐binding protein HuR. In macrophages, HuR cooperatively binds with miRNAs to export both low‐ and high‐affinity substrates, thereby influencing macrophage activation.
Syamantak Ghosh, Kamalika Mukherjee, Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of a New Recombinant K39 Rapid Diagnostic Test for Sudanese Visceral Leishmaniasis. [PDF]

, 2006
A new rK39 rapid diagnostic dipstick test (DiaMed-IT-Leish) was compared with aspiration and a direct agglutination test (DAT) for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in 201 parasitologically confirmed cases, 133 endemic controls, and in 356 ...
Davidson, R N, Kipngetich, S, Melaku, Y, Mueller, M, O'keeffe, C, Ritmeijer, K   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The organization of urban areas and expansion of kala-azar [PDF]

, 2001
OBJETIVOS: verificar determinados processos que estão relacionados com a ocupação do espaço urbano e que contribuem para a ocorrência e expansão do calazar em um município de médio porte com acentuado fluxo migratório e em expansão econômica.
Andrade, Paulo Paes, Carvalho, Eduardo Freese de, Cesse, Eduarda Ângela Pessoa, Luna, Luciano, Ramalho, Walter Massa   +4 more
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“Beyond the Crisis: Forging a Climate‐Resilient Health System for Bangladesh”

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Bangladesh's extreme vulnerability to climate change is fueling public health emergencies, from infectious disease outbreaks to severe mental health burdens. The country's reactive and centralized health system is increasingly unable to cope with these intensifying shocks.
Abdullaha Al Mamun, Mustafa Sarwar A Kayenat   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source