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Efficacy and Safety of Paromomycin for Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2021
Visceral leishmaniasis, also known as kala-azar is one of the most commonly neglected tropical diseases affecting a large number of rural and resource-limited people in South Asia, Africa, and South America.
Pashupati Pokharel, Rakesh Ghimire, Pratik Lamichhane   +2 more
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Malaria-visceral leishmaniasis co-infection and associated factors among migrant laborers in West Armachiho district, North West Ethiopia: community based cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Malaria and leishmaniasis are the two largest parasitic killers in the world. Due togeographical overlap of these diseases, malaria-visceral leishmaniasis co-infections occur in large populations and exist in different areas even if they have ...
Yibeltal Aschale, Animen Ayehu, Ligabaw Worku, Habtie Tesfa, Meseret Birhanie, Wossenseged Lemma   +5 more
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Human visceral leishmaniasis and relationship with vector and canine control measures

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2018
OBJECTIVE Estimate the coverage of control measures of visceral leishmaniasis and relate them with the occurrence of human visceral leishmaniasis in endemic urban area.
Danielle Nunes Carneiro Castro Costa, Patricia Marques Moralejo Bermudi, Lilian Aparecida Colebrusco Rodas, Caris Maroni Nunes, Roberto Mitsuyoshi Hiramoto, José Eduardo Tolezano, Rafael Silva Cipriano, Graziela Cândido Diniz Cardoso, Cláudia Torres Codeço, Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto   +9 more
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How Effective Are the Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis Vaccines Currently Being Tested in Dogs? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

Parasite Immunol
ABSTRACT Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is a zoonotic disease of great worldwide importance and can be prevented by vaccinating seronegative dogs. The objective of the present systematic review and meta‐analysis is to verify the efficacy rate of vaccines tested in dogs against CVL or L. infantum infection. We used PRISMA guidelines for this review
de Pádua JAM, Melo TF, Andrade RS, de Oliveira MM, de Oliveira ALG, Saldanha-Elias AM, Fujiwara RT, Dorneles EMS, Peconick AP, Keller KM.   +9 more
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Epidemiological aspects of human and canine visceral leishmaniasis in State of Alagoas, Northeast, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2018
Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL), caused by protozoans of the genus Leishmania, it is a worldwide of great importance disease. In the northeast region of Brazil, the state of Alagoas has an endemic status for ZVL.
M. A. N. Rocha, T. J. Matos-Rocha, C. M. B. Ribeiro, S. R. O. Abreu   +3 more
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Vulnerability to the transmission of human visceral leishmaniasis in a Brazilian urban area

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2017
OBJECTIVE To analyze the determinants for the occurrence of human visceral leishmaniasis linked to the conditions of vulnerability. METHODS This is an ecological study, whose spatial analysis unit was the Territorial Analysis Unit in Araguaína, State ...
Celina Roma Sánchez de Toledo, Andréa Sobral de Almeida, Sergio Augusto de Miranda Chaves, Paulo Chagastelles Sabroza, Luciano Medeiros Toledo, Jefferson Pereira Caldas   +5 more
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Role of Cytokines in Experimental and Human Visceral Leishmaniasis

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is the most fatal form of disease leishmaniasis. To date, there are no effective prophylactic measures and therapeutics available against VL.
M. Samant, Utkarsha Sahu, S. Pandey, P. Khare   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Stump pyometra in a spayed female dog secondary to tamoxifen

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 9, Issue 1, Page 47-52, January 2023., 2023
A 2‐year‐old spayed female dog treated successfully for sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis for 11 months with tamoxifen, cyclosporine, and a short‐term course of prednisone began developing signs of enlarged vulva and discharge. A stump pyometra was confirmed on ultrasound and computed tomography and exploratory laparotomy was performed to remove the
Caryn Ehrhardt, Adesola Odunayo, Kristina Pascutti, Jose Carvajal, Kathleen Ham, Autumn Nourse Harris   +5 more
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Visceral leishmaniasis in the island of Margarita, Venezuela: a neglected parasitic infection in the Caribbean

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2021
Visceral leishmaniasis carries a significant burden of disease in the Americas with up to 7000 cases reported annually. There are several reports of autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis cases in the Caribbean, including the Dominican Republic, Guadalupe,
Gerardine García Oronoz, Laura C. Pedraza-Arévalo, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, Carlos Franco-Paredes, José A. Suarez   +4 more
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Arginase activity in the blood of patients with visceral leishmaniasis and HIV infection. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
Visceral leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease associated with high mortality. The most important foci of visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia are in the Northwest and are predominantly associated with high rates of HIV co-infection.
Yegnasew Takele, Tamrat Abebe, Teklu Weldegebreal, Asrat Hailu, Workagegnehu Hailu, Zewdu Hurissa, Jemal Ali, Ermiyas Diro, Yifru Sisay, Tom Cloke, Manuel Modolell, Markus Munder, Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier, Ingrid Müller, Pascale Kropf   +14 more
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