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A Forgotten Foe Returns: The Diagnostic Odyssey of Kala‐Azar Masquerading as Myelodysplastic Syndrome in a Post‐Elimination Era

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2025.
ABSTRACT We report a diagnostically complex case of visceral leishmaniasis (Kala‐azar) in a 73‐year‐old male from a country where the disease was eliminated in 2023. The patient presented with a 2‐month history of low‐grade fever, fatigue, progressive skin hyperpigmentation over 2 years, and hepatosplenomegaly.
Sumaya Khan Mifty   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

An All‐in‐One Metabarcoding Approach to Mosquito and Arbovirus Xenosurveillance

open access: yesMolecular Ecology Resources, Volume 25, Issue 8, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has the potential to transform mosquito‐borne disease surveillance but remains under‐utilised. This study introduces a comprehensive multi‐loci metabarcoding‐based MX (molecular xenomonitoring) approach to mosquito and arbovirus surveillance, enabling parallel identification of mosquito vectors, circulating ...
Brian J. Johnson   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infectiousness in a Cohort of Brazilian Dogs: Why Culling Fails to Control Visceral Leishmaniasis in Areas of High Transmission [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The elimination of seropositive dogs in Brazil has been used to control zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis but with little success. To elucidate the reasons for this, the infectiousness of 50 sentinel dogs exposed to natural Leishmania chagasi infection was
Courtenay, O.   +4 more
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Insecticide resistance in the sand fly, Phlebotomus papatasi from Khartoum State, Sudan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background Phlebotomus papatasi the vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most widely spread sand fly in Sudan. No data has previously been collected on insecticide susceptibility and/or resistance of this vector, and a first study to establish a
Mo'awia Hassan   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A klímaváltozás és a városi hősziget-effektus együttes hatása a lepkeszúnyog-fajok által terjesztett emberi megbetegedésekre [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A Leishmaniasis az egyik legfontosabb, jelenleg gyorsan emelkedő esetszámot mutató, ízeltlábú vektorok által terjesztett betegségcsoport a Földön. A bántalmat okozó egysejtű paraziták átviteléért felelős lepkeszúnyog-fajok (Phlebotomus spp.) jelenlegi ...
Bede-Fazekas, Ákos   +3 more
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The effect of climate change on the potential distribution of the European Phlebotomus species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Our study intended to explore the potential distributionshif of Phlebotomusariasi, P. neglectus, P. perfiliewi, P. perniciosus, and P. tobbi, and some other sandfly species: P. papatasi, P. sergenti, and P. similis.
Bede-Fazekas, Ákos   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Record of Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii Grassi, 1908 and Phlebotomus (Larroussius) chadlii Rioux, Juminer & Gibily, 1966 female in Algeria

open access: yesParasite, 2011
We report for the first time the presence of Phlebotomus mascittii and the female of Phlebotomus chadlii in Algeria. These two species were collected during an entomological study conducted in endemic visceral leishmaniasis focus from the north part of ...
Berdjane-Brouk Z.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fauna and the distribution of Phlebotominae sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Sanandaj County, Kurdistan Province, west of Iran, 2017

open access: yesChronic Diseases Journal, 2019
BACKGROUND: Phlebotominae sand flies, belonging to Psychodidae family, are very important because some species of them are biological vector of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in Iran.
Ahmad Vahabi   +6 more
doaj  

Leishmania tarentolae: taxonomic classification and its application as a promising biotechnological expression host

open access: yes, 2019
In this review, we summarize the current knowledge concerning the eukaryotic protozoan parasite Leishmania tarentolae, with a main focus on its potential for biotechnological applications.
Klatt, S.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

SANDFLIES OF ILAM PROVINCE, WEST OF IRAN WITH DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES FROM THE GENUS PHLEBOTOMUS: PH. ILAMI AND PH. NADIMI. [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 1997
During the period of April to November 1994, an investigation was carried out on fauna of Phlebotominac in Ilam province, west of Iran. About 12000 sandflies were caught by sticky trap, light trap and aspirator from different ecological regions and were ...
E. Javadian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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