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Kala-azar in Maraveh Tapeh county, Golestan Provice, Iran: Seven case reports
مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, 2017 Visceral leishmaniasis, also known as Kala-azar, is one of the main parasitic vector borne diseases, which transmitted by sand fly. The current study reported the seven positive cases of Kala-azar in Maravetapeh county in Golestan province, Iran from ...
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Sex in Immune Cells and Parasitic Diseases — A Complex Relationship
Immunological Reviews, Volume 337, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Epidemiological studies consistently show that many parasitic diseases affect males more frequently than females. These disparities are multifactorial, arising partly from gender‐specific behaviors that influence exposure risk and health‐seeking practices, especially in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Increasing evidence also highlights that
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Mechanisms of Immune Evasion, Dissemination, and Persistence in Leishmania amazonensis Infection
Parasite Immunology, Volume 48, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Leishmania amazonensis is one of the etiological agents of cutaneous leishmaniasis in its localised form. Moreover, this parasite can cause more severe disease conditions, such as diffuse and disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis. The development of more severe clinical manifestations is associated with the parasite's ability to establish a ...
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JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
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Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Objective Visceral leishmaniasis is the second most fatal parasite illness worldwide, and it is the most severe type of leishmaniasis. LPS is a crucial chemical compound on the bacterial cell wall that the host recognizes and uses to launch an immune response to eliminate invasive infections.
Ghusoon A. A. Al-Maphregy +3 more
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Contribución al estudio epidemiológico del kala-azar en Colombia
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 1971 Los autores informan sobre el estudio epidemiológico del kala-azar en un foco situado en el municipio de Melgar, departamento del Tolima. Colombia. Encontraron la modalidad del kala-azar de la zona neotropical descrita en otras partes de América; mayor ...
Augusto Corredor Arjona +2 more
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Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Status in Human InfectedWith Kala-azar
Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2009 Malondialdehyde (MDA) is the most commonly marker that is used to investigate the presence of oxidative stress in biological system, and glutathione redox cycle is a major antioxidant defense system for the detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS)
Basma Talib Jasim, Ahmed A. M. Al-Azzauy
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Diagnostic Challenges in Visceral Leishmaniasis in a 17‐Month‐Old Female: A Case Report
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2025.ABSTRACT Visceral leishmaniasis is an uncommon infectious disease. In this report, we present a case of VL in a 17‐month‐old child who presented with a fever and splenomegaly. After the patient failed to respond to several courses of antibiotics, a bone marrow aspirate confirmed the definitive diagnosis of VL, which was successfully treated with ...
Ahmed Sheikh Sobeh +4 more
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Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2022 Kala-azar is a parasitic disease caused by Leishmania species transmitted by sand fly. In Kenya, kala-azar is endemic in thirty subcounties spread over in eleven counties in the arid zones.
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