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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background Malaria and leishmaniasis are the two largest parasitic killers in the world. Due togeographical overlap of these diseases, malaria-visceral leishmaniasis co-infections occur in large populations and exist in different areas even if they have ...
Yibeltal Aschale +5 more
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Human visceral leishmaniasis and relationship with vector and canine control measures
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2018 OBJECTIVE Estimate the coverage of control measures of visceral leishmaniasis and relate them with the occurrence of human visceral leishmaniasis in endemic urban area.
Danielle Nunes Carneiro Castro Costa +9 more
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Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2018 Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL), caused by protozoans of the genus Leishmania, it is a worldwide of great importance disease. In the northeast region of Brazil, the state of Alagoas has an endemic status for ZVL.
M. A. N. Rocha +3 more
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Vulnerability to the transmission of human visceral leishmaniasis in a Brazilian urban area
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2017 OBJECTIVE To analyze the determinants for the occurrence of human visceral leishmaniasis linked to the conditions of vulnerability. METHODS This is an ecological study, whose spatial analysis unit was the Territorial Analysis Unit in Araguaína, State ...
Celina Roma Sánchez de Toledo +5 more
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Role of Cytokines in Experimental and Human Visceral Leishmaniasis
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is the most fatal form of disease leishmaniasis. To date, there are no effective prophylactic measures and therapeutics available against VL.
M. Samant +3 more
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Visceral leishmaniasis: a global overview
Journal of Global Health Science, 2020 The leishmaniases are protozoan infections that are among the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Over one billion people are at risk of these diseases in virtually all continents. These diseases debilitate large numbers of people, keeping them from full,
R. Wamai, J. Kahn, J. McGloin, G. Ziaggi
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis: Current and Future Methods
Microorganisms, 2020 Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease with two main clinical forms: cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. Diagnosis of leishmaniasis is still a challenge, concerning the detection and correct identification of the species of the parasite, mainly ...
J. Q. Reimão +3 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Background In the Mediterranean basin, Leishmania infantum is the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a zoonosis in which the dog is the primary domestic reservoir, although wildlife may have a leading role in the sylvatic cycle of the ...
R. Molina +8 more
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Biosensors, 2020 Visceral leishmaniasis is a reemerging neglected tropical disease with limitations for its diagnosis, including low concentration of antibodies in the serum of asymptomatic patients and cross-reactions.
B. R. Martins +13 more
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Gates Open Research, 2019 Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by Leishmania protozoa that are transmitted by female sand flies. On the Indian subcontinent (ISC), VL is targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for elimination as a public
NTD Modelling Consortium Visceral Leishmaniasis Group
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