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Changing Pattern of Visceral Leishmaniasis, United Kingdom, 1985-2004 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 A 20-year (1985–2004) retrospective review of 39 patients with imported visceral leishmaniasis found that tourism to Mediterranean countries and HIV infection were associated with visceral leishmaniasis. Diagnosis was often delayed.
Aeesha N.J. Malik +3 more
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Visceral leishmaniasis in Afghanistan [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2006 Despite being the third most important vector-borne diseases worldwide in terms of burden of disease, the leishmaniases are one of the so-called “neglected diseases.” Since the massive humanitarian re-construction efforts began after the fall of the Taliban in 2002, Afghanistan is ...
Toby, Leslie +8 more
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Bayesian geostatistical modeling of leishmaniasis incidence in Brazil. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 BackgroundLeishmaniasis is endemic in 98 countries with an estimated 350 million people at risk and approximately 2 million cases annually. Brazil is one of the most severely affected countries.MethodologyWe applied Bayesian geostatistical negative ...
Dimitrios-Alexios Karagiannis-Voules +4 more
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Leishmaniasis in the United States: Emerging Issues in a Region of Low Endemicity
Microorganisms, 2021 Leishmaniasis, a chronic and persistent intracellular protozoal infection caused by many different species within the genus Leishmania, is an unfamiliar disease to most North American providers.
John M. Curtin, Naomi E. Aronson
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Oral miltefosine for Indian visceral leishmaniasis. [PDF]
, 2002 BACKGROUND: There are 500,000 cases per year of visceral leishmaniasis, which occurs primarily in the Indian subcontinent. Almost all untreated patients die, and all the effective agents have been parenteral.
Berman, Jonathan +10 more
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Kidney involvement in leishmaniasis—a review
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014 Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania transmitted by insects of the genus Lutzomyia sp. or Phlebotomus sp.
Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior +2 more
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Visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Africa--current status. [PDF]
, 2007 Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is among the most neglected of the tropical diseases, afflicting the poorest of the poor. In eastern Africa, VL causes at least 4000 deaths annually, a loss of approximately 385,000 disability-adjusted life years.
Reithinger, Richard +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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Immunobiology of visceral leishmaniasis [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2012 Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), commonly known as kala-azar, is caused by Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum (Leishmania chagasi in the Americas). These Leishmania species infect macrophages throughout the viscera, and parasites are typically found in the spleen, liver, and bone marrow.
Kumar, Rajiv, Nylén, Susanne
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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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