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An Update on the Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Khartoum, Sudan: Species Composition and Distribution in Areas Endemic for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2025.
An update on the composition and distribution of sand fly species in the Nile environments of Khartoum. Variations were observed in species number than in species composition. The study will be a good reference for future studies on sandflies after the change in their habitat due to the current war in Sudan. ABSTRACT Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors
Suhaib A. Gumaa, Arwa Elaagip, Ehab Frah, Hind Mohamed Abushama   +3 more
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Leishmaniasis in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A National Multicenter Study of GETECCU

United European Gastroenterology Journal, Volume 13, Issue 5, Page 674-684, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Leishmaniasis (LI) is a vector‐borne illness caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania. Data on the features of LI in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are scarce. Aim To describe the characteristics of patients with IBD who present with leishmaniasis, infection outcomes and the risk factors associated with ...
L Madero‐Velázquez, A Mínguez, L Mayorga, JJ Ramírez, N Moreno, C Amorós, MA Nieto, R Mena, JM Benítez, L Gimeno‐Pitarch, N Maroto, C Suria, F Rodríguez‐Moranta, I Ordás, L Ruiz, MA García‐Brenes, A Martín‐Cardona, C Rubín de Célix, K Cárdenas, D Ginard, L Medina, N Pedrero, R Plaza, R Salmoral, TJ Martínez‐Pérez, V Algara, E Merino, Y Zabana, A Gutiérrez, on behalf of Young Group of GETECCU   +29 more
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Co‐endemicity of schistosomiasis and tegumentary leishmaniasis: Spatial co‐clustering in endemic areas

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 6, Page 556-568, June 2025.
Abstract Objectives Schistosomiasis and tegumentary leishmaniasis simultaneously affect areas in tropical and subtropical regions. Co‐infected individuals show a less‐than‐optimal response to treatment and increased regulatory immune responses. However, no study has determined where Schistosoma–Leishmania co‐infections are more likely to occur ...
Genil Mororó Araújo Camelo, Jeferson Kelvin Alves de Oliveira Silva, Dharliton Soares Gomes, Laura Maggi, Stefan Michael Geiger, David Soeiro Barbosa, Deborah Aparecida Negrão‐Corrêa   +6 more
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Controlling kala azar in Assam

Annals of Medical Science and Research
By exploring the state responses to kala azar in Assam during the early twentieth century, this review examines how, following the discovery of the parasite, efforts to halt the disease took on new forms, as questions about its communicability remained ...
Anidrita Saikia
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Magnitude of unreported kala-azar cases in a highly endemic district of Bihar, India: A positive impact of Indian elimination programme

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2019
Background & objectives: In India, kala-azar surveillance is weak and no public-private partnership exists for disease containment. Estimate of disease burden is not reliably available and still cases are going to private providers for the treatment. The
N A Siddiqui, K Pandey, V N R. Das, S K Sinha, R B Verma, C S Lal, V Ali, R K Topno, M R Dikhit, P Das   +9 more
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A case of visceral leishmaniasis mimicking connective tissue disease

Rheumatology &Autoimmunity, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 232-234, September 2025.
Yucui Li, Hongxia Yang, Tingzi Zhao, Ke Xu, Liyun Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE BRAZILIAN SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION IN THE LAST DECADE ABOUT MORTALITY OF ELDER PEOPLE BY KALAAZAR. [PDF]

Revista Gestão & Saúde, 2011
The elder population has become a challenge to the State due to their growth in the last two decades, being no longer a simple prediction but becoming a reality. One of the characteristics of the elderly population is its greatest weakness when struck by
Iraci Gonçalves Guimarães, Aline Evangelista de Almeida   +1 more
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Active Community-Based Case Finding of Endemic Leishmaniasis in West Bengal, India

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Introduction The ongoing visceral leishmaniasis (VL) elimination programme in India is targeting the elimination of the disease VL but not the pathogen. The persistence of hidden parasite pool may initiate a resurgence in suitable conditions.
Subhasish Kamal Guha, Ashif Ali Sardar, Amartya Kumar Misra, Pabitra Saha, Anwesha Samanta, Dipankar Maji, Amitabha Mandal, Punita Saha, Supriya Halder, Kabiul Akhter Ali, Sibajyoti Karmakar, Dipendra Sharma, Ardhendu Kumar Maji   +12 more
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A report on the indoor residual spraying (IRS) in the control of Phlebotomus argentipes, the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar (India): an initiative towards total elimination targeting 2015 (Series-1) [PDF]

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2009
Background & objectives: Visceral leishmaniasis, commonly known as kala-azar is endemic inBihar state, India. Current vector control programme in Bihar focuses mainly on spraying thesandfly infested dwellings with DDT.
V. Kumar, S. Kesari, D.S. Dinesh, A.K. Tiwari, A.J. Kumar, R. Kumar, V.P. Singh, P. Das   +7 more
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Genes that encodes NAGT, MIF1 and MIF2 are not virulence factors for kala-azar caused by Leishmania infantum

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014
Introduction Kala-azar is a disease resulting from infection by Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum. Most patients with the disease exhibit prolonged fever, wasting, anemia and hepatosplenomegaly without complications.
Bruno Guedes Alcoforado Aguiar, Daniela Lemos Coelho, Dorcas Lamounier Costa, Betânia Paiva Drumond, Luiz Felipe Leomil Coelho, Lívio Carvalho Figueiredo, Danielle Alves Zacarias, Jailthon Carlos da Silva, Diego Peres Alonso, Paulo Eduardo Martins Ribolla, Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa, Samara Belchior Gaído, Carlos Henrique Nery Costa   +12 more
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