Visceral leishmaniasis is a serious and debilitating infection with high fatality rate in tropical and subtropical countries. As clinical symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis are not so specific, confirmatory diagnostic methods with high sensitivity and ...
Gilberto Silva Nunes Bezerra+4 more
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The significance of blood levels of IgM, IgA, IgG and IgG subclasses in Sudanese visceral leishmaniasis patients [PDF]
A M S ELASSAD+5 more
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Incidence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in two Guatemalan communities.
The prevalence of human infection by Trypanosoma cruzi was assessed using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in a serological survey in 1998 of 2 rural communities (SMH and PS) in Guatemala.
Davies, C+6 more
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Mononuclear Cell Subpopulations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Positive versus HIV-Negative Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis [PDF]
Pietro Cenini+3 more
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Association between Endothelial Selectin (E-selectin) gene polymorphisms and E-selectin level with visceral leishmaniais, in an ARMS-PCR based study [PDF]
Background: In the visceral leishmaniasis (VL), parasites reside in reticuluendothelial system, mainly in macrophages. Endothelial Selectin (E-selectin) might play an important role in leukocyte-endothelium interactions and inflammatory cell recruitment.
Bazmani, A.+4 more
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Evaluation of three chemotherapeutic schemes with meglumine antimoniate in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in the State of Pará, Brazil [PDF]
Philip D. Marsden
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Viewpoint: Evaluating the impact of malaria control efforts on mortality in sub-Saharan Africa
OBJECTIVE To describe an approach for evaluating the impact of malaria control efforts on malaria-associated mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, where disease-specific mortality trends usually cannot be measured directly and most malaria deaths occur among ...
Alexander K. Rowe+13 more
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The renal transplant patient with visceral leishmaniasis who could not tolerate meglumine antimoniate—cure with ketoconazole and allopurinol [PDF]
Miguel Hueso+6 more
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Field evaluation of rK39 test and direct agglutination test for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in a population with high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus in Ethiopia [PDF]
Accuracy of an rK39 rapid diagnostic test (DiaMed-IT-Leish ) for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was compared with splenic aspiration and the direct agglutination test (DAT) in a population with a high prevalence of infection with human immunodeficiency ...
Assefa, Gessesse+5 more
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