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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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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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A Century of Epidemiological Advances in Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis in Algeria. [PDF]

J Parasitol Res
Leishmaniasis is a group of diseases transmitted by sandflies, affecting humans and animals, with three clinical presentations: cutaneous, mucosal, and visceral. The disease is caused by the parasite Leishmania and is a significant global health issue, with approximately two million cases annually and 350 million people at risk.
Eddaikra N, Benikhlef R, Sereno D.
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Increasing incidence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis on Crete, Greece [PDF]

, 2009
To determine whether the incidence of canine leishmaniasis has increased on Crete, Greece, we fitted infection models to serodiagnostic records of 8,848 dog samples for 1990–2006.
Adler, Andrew J. Sutton, Connor Carson, Courtenay, Courtenay, Hadjinicolaou, Hertig, Ioanna Ascoksilaki, Ippokratis Messaritakis, Ivovic, Leger, Leger, Leger, Maria Antoniou, Nikos Kanavakis, Orin Courtenay, Quinnell, Sutton, Vasiliki Christodoulou, Williams   +19 more
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Sandfly Fever Sicilian Virus, Algeria

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
To determine whether sandfly fever Sicilian virus (SFSV) is present in Algeria, we tested sandflies for phlebovirus RNA. A sequence closely related to that of SFSV was detected in a Phlebotomus ariasi sandfly.
Arezki Izri, Sarah Temmam, Grégory Moureau, Boussad Hamrioui, Xavier de Lamballerie, Rémi N. Charrel   +5 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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Sandfly – Pappataci Fever in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The new-old Disease

Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2009
Sandfly fever viruses (SFV) are endemic in the Mediterranean, Middle East, northern African and western Asian countries. Toscana virus (TOSV), serotype of Sandfly fever Naples virus, is among of the three most prevalent viruses associated with ...
Mirsada Hukić, Irma Salimović-Bešić
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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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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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