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Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2021 Leishmaniasis is one of the chronic debilitating vector-borne diseases caused by obligate intracellular protozoa. The global burden of disease although not increasing but potential risk of spread is there. At least 20 species of Leishmania are pathogenic to human beings. The transmission is from female sandfly through a blood meal.
Daga, Mradul K +2 more
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2006 Abstract Epidemiology, disease patterns, immunology, diagnosis, treatment and control measures of leishmaniasis are described. Various issues relating to leishmaniasis are highlighted: the relative lack of importance given to this disease is compared with other infections, climate change and its possible effect on extension of endemicity
Tonio V, Piscopo +1 more
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Clinical Medicine, 2011 Leishmaniasis is an uncommon infectious disease in the UK with a variety of clinical presentations. Physicians should remember to consider this diagnosis in patients with an appropriate travel history (including the Mediterranean basin) and seek help with diagnostics from a specialised parasitology laboratory.
Elinor M, Moore, Diana N, Lockwood
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hautnah dermatologie, 2015 ZusammenfassungInfektionen mit Leishmanien gehören zu den Top 3 der häufigsten Reisedermatosen. Je nach Reiseland und Immunstatus des Patienten unterscheiden sich die Krankheitsbilder. Die Infektion bildet sich in 90 % der Fälle als kutane Leishmaniasis aus, kann sich aber auch an den inneren Organen manifestieren (viszerale Leishmaniasis).
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The Lancet, 1999 In 1903, Leishman and Donovan separately described the protozoan now called Leishmania donovani in splenic tissue from patients in India with the life-threatening disease now called visceral leishmaniasis. Almost a century later, many features of leishmaniasis and its major syndromes (ie, visceral, cutaneous, and mucosal) have remained the same; but ...
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Leishmaniasis in Germany [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 In 2000, a reference center was created to systematically record leishmaniases in Germany. We analyzed 58 cases of leishmaniases imported during a 2-year period. These findings will serve as a baseline for the sandfly vector's anticipated northward move because of global warming and as an advisory for immunocompromised persons traveling to ...
Gundel Harms +2 more
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Archivos de Cardiología de México, 2021 As one of the neglected tropical diseases, leishmaniasis is defined as a parasitic communicable disease that is most prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions, affecting especially populations living in poverty. It has a profound negative impact on developing economies.
Alvaro Sosa-Liprandi +11 more
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F1000Research, 2017 Leishmaniasis is caused by an intracellular parasite transmitted to humans by the bite of a sand fly. It is endemic in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Mediterranean region. Worldwide, 1.5 to 2 million new cases occur each year, 350 million are at risk of acquiring the disease, and leishmaniasis causes 70,000 deaths per year.
Edoardo Torres-Guerrero +3 more
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JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, 2008 SummaryLeishmaniasis is a clinically heterogeneous group of diseases, caused by infection with protozoa of the genus Leishmania. The aggressiveness of the individual species, their organ preference and the host immune status determine disease course.
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