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Asymptomatic Leishmania donovani infection and associated factors among blood donors attending at Metema district Blood Bank, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross- sectional study

Archives of Public Health, 2023
Background Ethiopia is one of the top 10 countries in the world where 90% visceral leishmaniasis cases are reported. Metema-Humera lowlands are the most important foci in Ethiopia. Blood transfusion in visceral leishmaniasis endemic foci in Ethiopia does
Iyasu Melkie, Mulat Yimer, Getaneh Alemu, Banchamlak Tegegne   +3 more
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World Association for Veterinary Dermatology Consensus Statement for Diagnosis, and Evidence‐Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Treatment and Prevention of Canine Leishmaniosis

Veterinary Dermatology, EarlyView.
Hyperkeratosis of (a) the footpads and (b) the nasal planum. ABSTRACT Background Canine leishmaniosis (CanL) due to Leishmania infantum remains common, and veterinarians do not always follow scientifically sound approaches for diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Objectives To provide consensus guidelines for diagnosis and evidence‐based guidelines for
Manolis N. Saridomichelakis, Gad Baneth, Silvia Colombo, Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Lluís Ferrer, Alessandra Fondati, Guadalupe Miró, Laura Ordeix, Domenico Otranto, Chiara Noli   +9 more
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Visceral Leishmaniasis Treatment, Italy [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
First-line drug treatment was recorded in 573 immunocompetent patients with visceral leishmaniasis in Italy. In the past 12 years, the proportion of antimonial treatments decreased from 100% to 2.8%, while the proportion of amphotericin B treatments increased from 0% to 97.2%.
Luigi Gradoni, Marina Gramiccia, Aldo Scalone   +2 more
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The Role of Foxes in Transmitting Zoonotic Bacteria to Humans: A Scoping Review

Zoonoses and Public Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Zoonotic diseases inflict substantial burdens on human and animal populations worldwide, and many of these infections are bacterial. An Australian study investigating environmental risk factors for Buruli ulcer in humans detected the causative agent, Mycobacterium ulcerans, in the faeces of wild foxes, a novel finding that suggests foxes may ...
Emma C. Hobbs, Bridgette McNamara, Sarah Hayman, Kim Blasdell, Eugene Athan, Daniel P. O'Brien, Michael Muleme   +6 more
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Leishmaniasis–HIV coinfection: current challenges

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2016
José Angelo Lauletta Lindoso,1,2 Mirella Alves Cunha,3 Igor Thiago Queiroz,4 Carlos Henrique Valente Moreira2 1Laboratory of Soroepidemiology (LIM HC-FMUSP), São Paulo University, São Paulo, 2Instituto de Infectologia Emilio ...
Lindoso JAL, Cunha MA, Queiroz IT, Moreira CHV   +3 more
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Validated LC‐MS/MS Method for Quantifying the Antiparasitic Nitroimidazole DNDI‐0690 in Preclinical Target Site PK/PD Studies

Biomedical Chromatography, Volume 39, Issue 8, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Understanding the target site pharmacokinetics (PK) of the nitroimidazole analog DNDI‐0690, a potential drug for the neglected parasitic disease leishmaniasis, is important due to the diversity of infected tissue sites and potential drug penetration variability.
Wietse M. Schouten, Katrien van Bocxlaer, Hilde Rosing, Alwin D. R. Huitema, Jos H. Beijnen, Jadel M. Kratz, Charles E. Mowbray, Thomas P. C. Dorlo   +7 more
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HIV-associated visceral leishmaniasis [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2001
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania that usually affects immunocompetent hosts in endemic areas [1,2]. Since the mid-1980s, VL has been recognized as an opportunistic infection associated with some immunodeficiency states, such as neoplasms, organ transplantation, or treatment with ...
Vicente Pintado, R. López-Vélez
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A case report on para-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: an unresolved mystery

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a dermatosis that occurs 2–3 years after an apparently successful treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
Md. Mehedi Hasan, Sanghita Banik Proma, Md. Saddam Hossain, Md. Arifuzzaman, Naylla Islam, Md. Abu Bakar Siddique, Amiruzzaman   +6 more
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In Vitro Leishmanicidal Efficacy of Synthesized Arylidene Analogues of Glitazone

Drug Development Research, Volume 86, Issue 5, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Diabetes is a fast‐growing health issue in low‐ and middle‐income countries, with ~80% of diabetics living in the tropics and sub‐tropics. It is a deadly condition claiming the lives of millions of individuals annually, with no therapeutic treatment available to date. The management of diabetes is thus limited to symptomatic relief by glycemic
Janine Aucamp, Helena D. Janse van Rensburg, Simon S. Mnyakeni‐Moleele, Keisuke Suganuma, David D. N'Da   +4 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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