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A SURVEY OF 24 CASES OF KALA-AZAR IN CENTRAL PARTS OF IRAN [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 1975
Clinical and laboratory findings of 24 patients with Kala-Azar are presented here from our survey. Kala-Azar is such more prevalent than the number of diagnosed cases might suggest and most of them die because of the lack of medical care available ...
M. Tabatabii, P. Dabiri, A. Bolurian
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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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Of cattle, sand flies and men: a systematic review of risk factor analyses for South Asian visceral leishmaniasis and implications for elimination.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
BackgroundStudies performed over the past decade have identified fairly consistent epidemiological patterns of risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Indian subcontinent.Methods and principal findingsTo inform the current regional VL ...
Caryn Bern, Orin Courtenay, Jorge Alvar
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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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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 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
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STUDY OF THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF MOTHERS ABOUT KALA-AZAR IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES OF ENDEMIC AREA OF MESHKIN - SHAHR

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 1995
In a descriptive analytical study in six villages in Meshkin shahr area, the important endemic focus of Kala-Azar in northwest Iran, a KAP study was carried out on various aspects of Kala-Azar in a total of 245 young mothers selected randomly and ...
Sh. Niknami, A. Nadim, D. Shojaezadeh, E. Hajizadeh, F. Shafii   +4 more
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Visceral leishmaniasis: An immunological viewpoint on asymptomatic infections and post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2018
Elimination of visceral leishmaniasis is a priority programme in Indian subcontinent. The World Health Organization has set a new target to eliminate kala-azar by the year 2020 as previous target elimination year (2015) has passed.
Neeraj Tiwari, Dhiraj Kishore, Surabhi Bajpai, Rakesh K Singh   +3 more
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Tracing the vector

Annals of Medical Science and Research
The initial theory of miasma and malnutrition being responsible for kala azar was dismantled by researchers who identified the causative parasite as Ancylostoma duodenale, suggesting the disease was naturally present in the human body.
Anidrita Saikia
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Kala-azar and Post–Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis, Assam, India

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Abdul Mabood Khan, Prafulla Dutta, Siraj Ahmed Khan, Swaroop Kumar Baruah, Dina Raja, Kamal Khound, Jagadish Mahanta   +6 more
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