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Revista MVZ Córdoba, 2000 La leishmaniasis visceral canina (LVC), producida por Leishmania infantum (=Leishmania chagasi) es una patología infecciosa zoonótica de importancia para la salud pública en países del Nuevo y Viejo Mundo. En Colombia se la encuentra distribuida en varios focos donde predomina el bosque seco tropical (Corredor et al., 1989).
Bruno L. Trav
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Visceral Leishmaniasis in Gizan
Annals of Saudi Medicine, 1995 E.A. Ibrahim +3 more
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Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2012 Diagnostic advances in visceral leishmaniasis include the development of the rK39 and rK28 rapid diagnostic test. The direct agglutination test is also increasingly used, as well as conventional and real-time polymerase chain reaction, which also performs well on peripheral blood.
van Griensven, J., Diro, E.
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Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2010 The available treatment options for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) have problems relating to efficacy, adverse effects and cost, making treatment a complex issue. We review the evidence relating to the different methods of treatment in relation to - efficacy and toxicity of the drugs in different areas of the world; ability to monitor side effects, length
Diana N. J. Lockwood, EM Moore
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Visceral Leishmaniasis in Dogs [PDF]
Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, 2021 Background: Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is a zoonosis of variable clinical presentation, either in systemic or cutaneous form. Clinical signs include anorexia, ophthalmopathies, and chronic kidney disease. In the state of Santa Catarina, the foci are concentrated in the capital and its adjacencies, in the east side of the state.
Silveira, Nathalia Saynovich Dutra +5 more
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Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis [PDF]
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011 Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease with up to 350 million people at risk of infection worldwide. Among its different clinical manifestations, visceral is the most severe form. Since clinical features of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) mimic several other common diseases, accurate diagnosis is crucial as the treatment is associated with significant ...
Shyam Sundar +3 more
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BMC Public Health, 2017 Background There is paucity of data on quality of life as a dimension of treatment outcome among Visceral Leishmaniasis and HIV coinfected patients. This study sought to explore perceived quality of life among Visceral Leishmaniasis and HIV coinfected ...
Mekuriaw Alemayehu +3 more
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ANÁLISE DOS FATORES QUE INFLUENCIAM A OCORRÊNCIA DA LEISHMANIOSE VISCERAL HUMANA
Cogitare Enfermagem, 2021 Objective: to analyze the factors that influence the occurrence of Human Visceral Leishmaniasis in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. Methods: ecological study, developed with data from 2012 to 2017, collected in a reference laboratory in the state and in the
Allan Batista Silva +5 more
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Presentation of AIDS with Disseminated Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis in Iran
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2015 Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease in form of visceral (VL), cutaneous (CL), and mucocutaneous (MCL) leishmaniasis. Immunocompromised patients have increased risk of Leishmania infection, especially in endemic areas for visceral leishmaniasis, where
Mohammadali Davarpanah +2 more
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021 Dogs are the main urban reservoir of Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), which is transmitted by sand flies. In the state of Paraná, the first detection of a positive dog for VL was in 2014, this year Paraná lost free
Silvia Cristina Osaki +6 more
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