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One Health Approach Prospect for Integrated Control and Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: A Narrative Review Article

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2016
Background: Leishmaniasis is an obligate intercellular protozoon that affects animals and human. It has zoonosis and/or anthroponosis transmission. Human and veterinary medicine, environmental science and wildlife conservation special­ists have many ...
Tadesse HAILU
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Foco de leishmaniasis en El Hobo, municipio de El Carmen de Bolívar, Bolívar, Colombia

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2006
Introducción. Se describen las características epidemiológica e importancia de la especies de Lutzomyia presentes en un foco de leishmaniasis en la vereda El Hobo Carmen de Bolívar, departamento de Bolívar. Objetivos.
Luis Alberto Cortés
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A neglected disease of humans: a new focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Bakool, Somalia. [PDF]

, 2008
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was observed in children in Bakool region, Somalia, an area where VL has not been reported before. We describe the extent of the problem in this war- and famine-stricken area.
Boelaert, M, Dujardin, J C, Jacquet, D, Marlet, M V L, Quispe, K W, Wuillaume, F   +5 more
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Bayesian geostatistical modeling of leishmaniasis incidence in Brazil.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
BackgroundLeishmaniasis is endemic in 98 countries with an estimated 350 million people at risk and approximately 2 million cases annually. Brazil is one of the most severely affected countries.MethodologyWe applied Bayesian geostatistical negative ...
Dimitrios-Alexios Karagiannis-Voules, Ronaldo G C Scholte, Luiz H Guimarães, Jürg Utzinger, Penelope Vounatsou   +4 more
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Association between canine leishmaniosis and Ehrlichia canis co-infection: a prospective case-control study [PDF]

, 2018
Background In the Mediterranean basin, Leishmania infantum is a major cause of disease in dogs, which are frequently co-infected with other vector-borne pathogens (VBP).
A Mazeris, A Saha, A Sainz, AS De Tommasi, C Attipa, C Attipa, C Maia, CB Cardinot, CF Alves, Charalampos Attipa, Chris Helps, CL Barbieri, CLA Ehrlichiosis, D Chochlakis, D Otranto, D Otranto, David Morris, Francesca Soutter, G Baneth, G Baneth, J Alvar, J Franca-Costa, J Le Gal, J Moreno, K Katherine, Kostas Papasouliotis, L Cortese, L Cortese, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, Laia Solano-Gallego, M Novacco, M Olivier, M-D Tabar, MG Vrhovec, MJ Day, MJ Grigg, P Parola, P Seneviratna, R Killick-Kendrick, RB Kline, RJ Quinnell, RN Davidson, S Carver, S Davies, S Harrus, S Harrus, S Tasker, Scott Carver, SE Shaw, Séverine Tasker, T Bouzouraa, V Pintado, WH Pryor Jr, Y Mekuzas, Y Rosseel   +55 more
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Evaluation of a mass distribution programme for fine-mesh impregnated bednets against visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Sudan. [PDF]

, 2007
During an epidemic of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in eastern Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières distributed 357,000 insecticide-treated bednets (ITN) to 155 affected villages between May 1999 and March 2001.
Alten, Bern, Bern, Curtis, El-Safi, Elnaiem, Elnaiem, Elnaiem, Elnaiem, Elnaiem, Giha, Graham, Hassan, Khalil, Lambert, Lengeler, Pardo, Reyburn, Ritmeijer, Schorscher, Tayeh, Zijlstra, Zijlstra   +22 more
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Alteration of Clinical Chemistry Parameters Among Visceral Leishmaniasis Patients in Western Tigrai, Ethiopia, 2018/2019: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2020
Brhane Tesfanchal,1 Gebremedhin Gebremichail,2 Getachew Belay,1 Gebreslassie Gebremariam,3 Gebreyohannes Teklehaimanot,4 Hagos Haileslasie,2 Getachew Kahsu,1 Aderajew Gebrewahd,5 Fitsum Mardu,6 Gebre Adhanom,5 Brhane Berhe,6 Hirut Teame,7 Aster Tsegaye,8
Tesfanchal B, Gebremichail G, Belay G, Gebremariam G, Teklehaimanot G, Haileslasie H, Kahsu G, Gebrewahd A, Mardu F, Adhanom G, Berhe B, Teame H, Tsegaye A, Wolde M   +13 more
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A current perspective on leishmaniasis

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2010
There are many challenges facing the successful control and eradication of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is still endemic in many poverty stricken and war torn areas.
Angela Clem
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Comparison of Generic and Proprietary Sodium Stibogluconate for the Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Kenya. [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To compare the use of generic and proprietary sodium stibogluconate for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar). METHODS: A total of 102 patients with confirmed kala-azar were treated in a mission hospital in West Pokot region ...
Davidson, R N, de Wit, S, Heuvelmans, H, Moore, E, O'Flaherty, D, Seaman, J, Veeken, H   +6 more
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Environmental change increases the transmission risk of visceral leishmaniasis in central China around the Taihang mountains

Environmental Health
Background Visceral leishmaniasis is a neglected life-threatening sandfly-borne disease, which brings a growing public health threat in Central China around the Taihang Mountains.
Ze Meng, Pei-Wei Fan, Zi-Xuan Fan, Shuai Chen, Hou Jiang, Yue Shi, Ling Yao, Jian-Yi Yao, Ye-Ping Wang, Meng-Meng Hao, Wen-Qi Xie, Yong-Qing Bai, Qian Wang, Kai Sun, Xiao-Lan Xie, Jian-Wei Zhou, Dong Jiang, Can-Jun Zheng, Hua Wu, Tian Ma, Fang-Yu Ding   +20 more
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