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Advancing Insights Into Visceral Leishmaniasis: Challenges, Innovations, and Future Directions in Global Disease Management. [PDF]

J Parasitol Res
Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala‐azar, is a life‐threatening neglected tropical disease primarily caused by Leishmania donovani and transmitted by infected sandflies. Despite notable advancements in public health, VL continues to pose significant challenges, especially in South Asia, East Africa, and South America.
Abbasi E.
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A Forgotten Foe Returns: The Diagnostic Odyssey of Kala-Azar Masquerading as Myelodysplastic Syndrome in a Post-Elimination Era. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
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.
Mifty SK, Chowdhury SI, Rahman T, Khan TAR, Roy S, Ahmmed F, Hossain MS, Khalil I.   +7 more
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A novel flavivirus strain detected in phlebotomine sandflies in Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]

Medicinski Glasnik, 2020
Aim Phlebotominae sandflies are primary vectors of phleboviruses, causing the sandfly fever disease. The aim of this study was to detect and report the presence of flaviviruses in Phlebotominae sandflies captured in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Methods After
Mirsada Hukić, Halida Avdihodžić, Ivan-Christian Kurolt, Alemka Markotić, Jasna Hanjalić, Lejla Kapur-Pojskić, Irma Mahmuljin, Monia Avdić, Irma Salimović-Bešić, Lejla Smajlović-Skenderagić   +9 more
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Overview of West Nile Virus and Sandfly-borne Phlebovirus Infections in Anatolia

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2014
Arthropod-borne (arbo) viruses are trafinsmitted to the susceptible hosts by blood-feeding arthropods such as mosquitoes, sandflies and ticks. Arboviral infections have had a significant global public health impact during the last decades due to their ...
Koray Ergunay, Zeliha Kocak Tufan
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Clinical epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in the Pokot endemic area of Uganda and Kenya. [PDF]

, 2013
Between 2000 and 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières diagnosed and treated 4,831 patients with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Pokot region straddling the border between Uganda and Kenya. A retrospective analysis of routinely collected clinical data showed
Brooker, Simon J, Chappuis, François, Koech, Timothy, Kolaczinski, Jan H, Lokwang, Peter, Mueller, Yolanda K, Riongoita, Mark, Velilla, Elena   +7 more
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Disseminated Leishmaniasis Due to Using Immunosuppression Drugs: A Case Report

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2020
Visceral leishmaniasis is a common parasitic disease between humans and animals, transmitted by sandflies (Phlebotomus) in the Mediterranean countries, including Iran.
Maryam AFSHOON, Mohammadreza ABDOLSALEHI, Golnaz ALINIA, Katayoun BORHANI, Bahareh YAGHMAIE, Mahmoud KHODABANDEH   +5 more
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Risk factors of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: a case-control study in Pokot territory of Kenya and Uganda [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: In East Africa, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in parts of Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Uganda. It is caused by Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the sandfly vector Phlebotomus martini.
A. Ocheng, AHLUWALIA, Alvar, Anoopa Sharma, BARNETT, Basimike, Bern, Bern, Boussery, Bucheton, Chappuis, Chappuis, D. T Worku, Elnaiem, Filmer, Gebre-Michael, Hamilton, Heisch, Iversen, J. H Kolaczinski, J. Kasimiro, Jahn, Mohamed, N. Kabatereine, Ngumbi, Perkins, R. Reithinger, RANJAN, Robert, RYAN, S. Brooker, Schaefer, Schenkel, Takken   +33 more
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Burden of visceral leishmaniasis in villages of eastern gedaref state, Sudan: an exhaustive cross-sectional survey. [PDF]

, 2012
Since December 2009, Médecins Sans Frontières has diagnosed and treated patients with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Tabarak Allah Hospital, eastern Gedaref State, one of the main endemic foci of VL in Sudan.
A Ismail, A Stauch, AB Joshi, AM Musa, B Bucheton, CP Thakur, Dagemlidet Worku, DE Elnaiem, DE Elnaiem, EA Khalil, EE Zijlstra, EE Zijlstra, EE Zijlstra, EE Zijlstra, F Chappuis, Fabienne Nackers, François Chappuis, GK Adam, H Veeken, Hechmi Louzir, Himida Ali Gorashi, Jean-Claude Djoumessi, Jean-François Etard, JH Kolaczinski, K Ritmeijer, K Ritmeijer, K Ritmeijer, Khalid A. Ahmed, Koert Ritmeijer, Marleen Boelaert, Niven Salih, OF Osman, Omer Hammam, Rahma Eltigani, SE Meredith, Y Mueller, Yolanda Kathrin Mueller, ZM Luz   +37 more
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Detection of a Novel Phlebovirus (Drin Virus) from Sand Flies in Albania

Viruses, 2019
Phlebotomine sand flies are generalist vectors with significant implications for public health. They are able to transmit phleboviruses that cause sand fly fever, headaches, or meningitis in humans. Albania is a country in Southeast Europe with a typical
Silvia Bino, Enkelejda Velo, Përparim Kadriaj, Majlinda Kota, Gregory Moureau, Xavier de Lamballerie, Ani Bagramian, Remi N. Charrel, Nazli Ayhan   +8 more
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When Hepatitis Masks Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Case of Secondary HLH in a Low-Endemic Region. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Visceral leishmaniasis (VL)–associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare but life‐threatening hyperinflammatory syndrome. Diagnosis is often challenging due to overlapping clinical features, especially in low‐endemic regions, where VL is not initially suspected.
Mengistie CT, Mengistie BT, Gebremeskel TH, Muluneh TM, Kebede RG.   +4 more
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