Strategies for reducing the risk of transfusion-transmitted leishmaniasis in an area endemic for Leishmania infantum: a patient- and donor-targeted approach [PDF]
, 2017 Background. In the Balearic Islands, as in other areas of the Mediterranean basin, there is a significant proportion of asymptomatic Leishmania (L.) infantum-infected blood donors, who may represent an important threat to transfusion safety. The Balearic
Alcover Amengual, Maria Magdalena +13 more
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Visceral Leishmaniasis During Pregnancy: A Case Report
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical CasesVisceral leishmaniasis is a life-threatening disease endemic in tropical and subtropical regions and in the Mediterranean basin. Two species (Leishmania infantum/chagasi and Leishmania donovani) with different host reservoirs are responsible for visceral
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Detection of Leishmania infantum DNA in the non-parasitized lung of dogs with visceral leishmaniasis
BMC Veterinary Research, 2018 Background Despite the very low or absent parasitism in the lungs, the interstitial pneumonitis is a common lesion found in humans and dogs with visceral leishmaniasis.
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Leishmaniasis: new approaches to disease control. [PDF]
, 2003 The leishmaniases afflict the world's poorest populations. Among the two million new cases each year in the 88 countries where the disease is endemic (fig 1), it is estimated that 80% earn less than $2 a day.
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, 2002 Panstrongylus species are widely distributed throughout the Americas, where they act as vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, agent of Chagas disease. Their intraspecific relationships, taxonomic position and phylogeny in relation to other Triatomini were ...
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Clinical use of polymerase chain reaction performed on peripheral blood and bone marrow samples for the diagnosis and monitoring of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients: a single-center, 8-year experience in Italy and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2007 Background. To overcome some of the limitations of conventional microbiologic techniques, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)–based assays are proposed as useful tools for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. Patients and methods.
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2017 Visceral leishmaniasis, associated with HIV/AIDS coinfection, is becoming a more aggressive disease, complicating an accurate prognosis. A 21-year-old HIV-positive female presenting with clinical features of visceral leishmaniasis was enrolled in this ...
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Current status of L. infantum infection in stray cats in the Madrid region (Spain): implications for the recent outbreak of human leishmaniosis? [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Since 2009, the incidence of human leishmaniosis in the SW of the Madrid region has been unusually high. Although dogs are the main reservoir for this disease, a role played by dogs in this outbreak has been ruled out and investigators are ...
Ana Montoya +8 more
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The gene expression of Leishmania infantum chagasi inside Lutzomyia longipalpis, the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo CruzLeishmania infantum chagasi is the causative agent and Lutzomyia longipalpis is the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas. We investigated the expression of Leishmania genes within L. longipalpis after artificial infection.
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Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2018 Patients coinfected with Leishmania/HIV can develop atypical forms of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), making it indispensable to identify the etiological agent. We are presenting a postmortemspecie definition by ITS1-PCR-RFLP in a larynx tissue of a patient
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