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

, 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., Dye, C., Garcez, L.M., Quinnell, R.J., Shaw, J.J.   +4 more
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Advances in leishmaniasis.

, 2005
Governed by parasite and host factors and immunoinflammatory responses, the clinical spectrum of leishmaniasis encompasses subclinical (inapparent), localised (skin lesions), and disseminated infection (cutaneous, mucosal, or visceral).
Berman, Jonathan D, Davies, Clive R, Murray, Henry W, Saravia, Nancy G   +3 more
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Pediatric visceral leishmaniasis in Albania

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in children is endemic in southern Europe but has not been previously reported from Albania. This prospective study reports the clinical and laboratory findings in 50 children with visceral leishmaniasis, the value of a direct agglutination test (DAT), and the result of treatment with meglumine antimonate.Sera obtained from ...
G. Sulcebe, Farzin Davachi, Mira Basha, Hamaide Bregu, Gjeorgjina Lito   +4 more
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Leishmaniasis in rheumatoid arthritis

Reumatismo, 2011
Leishmaniasis represents a complex of diseases with an important clinical and epidemiological diversity. Visceral leishmaniasis is of higher priority than cutaneous leishmaniasis as it is a fatal disease in the absence of treatment. The clinical spectrum
M. Cutolo, M.E. Secchi, C. Pizzorni
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Interstitial pneumonitis in canine visceral leishmaniasis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1986
Forty-one naturally infected dogs with visceral leishmaniasis from an urban area of Corumbá (Mato Grosso do Sul-BRAZIL) were studied and three types of lung involvement due to visceral leishmaniasis were characterized; a cellular, a cellular-fibrotic and
M. I. S. Duarte, M. D. Laurenti, V. L. Brandão Nunes, A. F. Rego Jr., E. T. Oshiro, C. E. P. Corbett   +5 more
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Atypical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis from non-endemic region [PDF]

, 2010
A case of atypical and acute presentation of visceral leishmaniasis from non-endemic region, characterised by exudative pleural effusion and hepatitis is ...
Gupta, D, Kashyap, R, Kaul, R, Raina, S
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Macrophage transactivation for chemokine production identified as a negative regulator of granulomatous inflammation using agent-based modeling [PDF]

, 2018
Cellular activation in trans by interferons, cytokines and chemokines is a commonly recognized mechanism to amplify immune effector function and limit pathogen spread. However, an optimal host response also requires that collateral damage associated with
Andrews, Paul S., Beattie, Lynette, Hoehme, Stefan, Kaye, Paul M., Moore, John W. J., Moyo, Daniel, Sampson, Adam T., Sawtell, Amy, Timmis, Jon   +8 more
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Leishmaniasis in the Argentine Republic: Temporal and geographical distribution from 2013 to 2017

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2019
Objective: To assess the temporal and geographical distribution of confirmed cases of cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in the Argentine Republic from 2013 to 2017.
María J Germano, María C Salomón, Gisela Neira, Esteban Lozano, Juan P Mackern-Oberti, Diego E Cargnelutti   +5 more
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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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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 ...
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