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A case of visceral leishmaniasis imported from Armenia

Детские инфекции (Москва), 2023
The relevance of the problem of visceral leishmaniasis is due to the severity of clinical manifestations, as well as the need for immediate etiotropic therapy.
A. L. Rossina, S. B. Chuelov, N. V. Kondratenko, E. V. Tselovalnikova, A. V. Tebenkov, S. V. Kolyagina, N. A. Sokolova, N. V. Nepokulchitskaya   +7 more
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The recombinant cysteine proteinase B (CPB) from Leishmania braziliensis and its domains: promising antigens for serodiagnosis of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in dogs. [PDF]

, 2019
Leishmaniasis represents a group of parasitic diseases caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania and is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions.
Basombrío, Manuel Alberto, Bivona, Augusto Ernesto, Cardoso Landaburu, Alejandro Cesar, Cazorla, Silvia Ines, Cerny, Natacha, Czentner Colomo, Lucas, Estevez, José Octavio, Malchiodi, Emilio Luis, Marco, Jorge Diego, Nevot, María Cecilia, Sanchez Alberti, Andrés   +10 more
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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
E M Moore, D N Lockwood
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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, Patricia Marques Moralejo Bermudi, Lilian Aparecida Colebrusco Rodas, Caris Maroni Nunes, Roberto Mitsuyoshi Hiramoto, José Eduardo Tolezano, Rafael Silva Cipriano, Graziela Cândido Diniz Cardoso, Cláudia Torres Codeço, Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto   +9 more
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Changing Pattern of Visceral Leishmaniasis, United Kingdom, 1985-2004

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, Lawrence John, Anthony D.M. Bryceson, Diana N.J. Lockwood   +3 more
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A Comparison of Miltefosine and Sodium Stibogluconate for Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in an Ethiopian Population with High Prevalence of HIV Infection. [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Antimonials are the mainstay of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) treatment in Africa. The increasing incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection requires alternative safe and effective drug regimens.
Abren Dejenie, Davidson RN, Delgado J, Gerry Boots, Jo Mesure, Koert Ritmeijer, Kuhlencord A, Margriet den Boer, Medrano FJ, Meredith SE, Molina R, Robert N. Davidson, Sundar S, Tadesse Beyene Hundie, Yibeltal Assefa   +14 more
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Epidemiological aspects of the first human autochthonous visceral leishmaniosis cases in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Human visceral leishmaniasis is a growing anthropozoonosis in Brazil, and particularly in the southern region of the country. It is an infectious disease transmitted to humans, dogs and other animals in urban and rural areas of the Americas, mainly due ...
Ibrahim Clós Mahmud, Letícia de Araujo Saraiva Piassini, Fabrizio Motta, Paulo Renato Petersen Behar, Getúlio Dornelles Souza   +4 more
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Evaluación de una prueba de aglutinación directa como método alternativo para el diagnóstico de leishmaniasis visceral canina y humana en Venezuela

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2007
Introducción. La leishmaniasis visceral es la forma clínica más grave de la leishmaniasis. Ésta puede ser fatal si no se administra el tratamiento adecuado.
Guillermo Terán-Angel, Henk Schallig, Olga Zerpa, Vestalia Rodríguez, Marian Ulrich, Maira Cabrera   +5 more
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Malaria-visceral leishmaniasis co-infection and associated factors among migrant laborers in West Armachiho district, North West Ethiopia: community based cross-sectional study

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, Animen Ayehu, Ligabaw Worku, Habtie Tesfa, Meseret Birhanie, Wossenseged Lemma   +5 more
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Co-infection of Leishmania infantum and a Crithidia-related species in a case of refractory relapsed visceral leishmaniasis with non-ulcerated cutaneous manifestation in Brazil

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
We report a refractory and relapsed visceral leishmaniasis case in a male child patient followed from 2016 to 2020, whose clinical isolates from multiple relapses were analyzed at the genome level.
Luana Aparecida Rogerio, Talita Yuri Takahashi, Luria Cardoso, Nayore Tamie Takamiya, Enaldo Vieira de Melo, Amelia Ribeiro de Jesus, Fabricia Alvisi de Oliveira, Sarah Forrester, Daniel C. Jeffares, João Santana da Silva, José Marcos Ribeiro, Roque Pacheco Almeida, Sandra Regina Maruyama   +12 more
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