The Contribution of Immune Evasive Mechanisms to Parasite Persistence in Visceral Leishmaniasis
Frontiers in Immunology, 2016 Leishmania is a genus of protozoan parasites that give rise to a range of diseases called Leishmaniasis that affects annually an estimated 1.3 million people from 88 countries.
E. D. de Freitas +4 more
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A current perspective on leishmaniasis
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2010 There are many challenges facing the successful control and eradication of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is still endemic in many poverty stricken and war torn areas.
Angela Clem
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Comparison of Generic and Proprietary Sodium Stibogluconate for the Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Kenya. [PDF]
, 2001 OBJECTIVE: To compare the use of generic and proprietary sodium stibogluconate for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar). METHODS: A total of 102 patients with confirmed kala-azar were treated in a mission hospital in West Pokot region ...
Davidson, R N +6 more
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An Overview of Immunotherapeutic Approaches Against Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis: What Has Been Tested on Dogs and a New Perspective on Improving Treatment Efficacy [PDF]
, 2019 Ana Alice Maia Gonçalves +15 more
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Environmental HealthBackground Visceral leishmaniasis is a neglected life-threatening sandfly-borne disease, which brings a growing public health threat in Central China around the Taihang Mountains.
Ze Meng +20 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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Application of Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) and Fast Agglutination Screening Test (FAST) for sero-diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in endemic area of Minas Gerais, Brazil [PDF]
, 2005 Eduardo Sérgio da Silva +5 more
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An Overview of theLaboratory Diagnostic Procedures of Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar)
Medical Laboratory Journal, 2013 Visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) is a systemic infection disease that can be diagnosed by some invasive procedures such as splenic, liver biopsy or bone marrow aspiration, whichare determined as the gold standards for diagnosing of this disease.
M Fakhar, E Ahmad Pour
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The epidemiology of Leishmania donovani infection in high transmission foci in India.
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is highly prevalent in Bihar, India. India and its neighbours aim at eliminating VL, but several knowledge gaps in the epidemiology of VL may hamper that effort.
Andersen, Elisabeth W +10 more
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Multilocus Parasite Gene Polymorphism and/or Parasite-Selected Mutations in Host Genome May Discriminate Between Relapse and Reinfection in the Failure of Miltefosine Treatment in Visceral Leishmaniasis [PDF]
, 2013 Sushmita Das
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