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Development of a LAMP assay for detection of Leishmania infantum infection in dogs using conjunctival swab samples [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Leishmania infantum infections in dogs play a crucial role in the transmission of pathogens causing visceral leishmaniasis to humans in the Gansu province, northwest China. To be able to control zoonotic transmission of the parasite to humans,
A Moshfe, A Nasereddin, AF Koutinas, CH Gao, Chun-hua Gao, D Otranto, D Strauss-Ayali, Dan Ding, Dietmar Steverding, ER Adams, F Dantas-Torres, Feng Shi, G Schönian, H Kaneko, H Takagi, J Alvar, J Dereure, JM Lawrie, Jun-yun Wang, JY Wang, JY Wang, JY Wang, K Stuart, L Chamaillé, L He, L Solano-Gallego, LL Poon, LS Leontides, M Chaouch, M Gramiccia, M Paiva Cavalcanti de, MG Khan, N Chargui, N Kuboki, N Singh, P Ciaramella, RS Leite, S Reale, SA Ferreira, T Muccio Di, T Notomi, UG Lopes, WP Kennedy, X Ni, Xia Wang, Y Fichoux le, Y Mori, YM Gomes, Yue-tao Yang   +48 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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Visceral leishmaniasis patients display altered composition and maturity of neutrophils as well as impaired neutrophil effector functions [PDF]

, 2016
Immunologically, active visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is characterised by profound immunosuppression, severe systemic inflammatory responses and an impaired capacity to control parasite replication.
Adem, E, Cruz Cervera, E, Diro, E, Getahun, M, Hailu, A, Kropf, P, Lemma, M, Melkamu, R, Mengesha, B, Mesfin, G, Modolell, M, Muller, I, Munder, M, Skhedy, Z, Tajebe, F, Takele, Y, Van der Auwera, G, Yardley, V, Yeshanew, A, Yizengaw, E   +19 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 ...
Najibullah Mahboob, Rosalynn Ord, Ismail Mayan, Toby Leslie, Kathy Fiekert, Annick Lenglet, Richard Reithinger, Mohammad Sami, Sarah Saleheen   +8 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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Insights on adaptive and innate immunity in canine leishmaniosis [PDF]

, 2016
Canine leishmaniosis (CanL) is caused by the parasite Leishmania infantum and is a systemic disease, which can present with variable clinical signs, and clinicopathological abnormalities.
Abi Abdallah, Alexander, Catchpole, DAMER P. BLAKE, de Souza Carmo, Green, Kensil, LAIA SOLANO-GALLEGO, Lopez, Margarito, Ordeix, Pinelli, Pitta, Quinnell, Sadick, Sanchez, SHAZIA HOSEIN, Silva, Vouldoukis, Wakelin   +19 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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Characterization of a municipality as free of canine visceral leishmaniasis in the context of One Health

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, Ricardo Babinski Bregonde, Vinicius Dahm, Priscila Pereira, Claudomiro Postai, Monique Paiva de Campos, Fabiano Borges Figueiredo   +6 more
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Rapid Detection of Leishmania infantum Infection in Dogs: Comparative Study Using an Immunochromatographic Dipstick Test, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, and PCR [PDF]

, 2002
Current zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) control programs in Brazil include the culling of Leishmania infantum-infected reservoir dogs, a strategy that has failed to prevent a rise of canine and human ZVL cases over the past decade.
Bruce Alex, Bruce Alex, Clive R. Davies, Clive R. Davies, J. Clin Microbiol, Richard Reithinger, Richard Reithinger, Rupert J. Quinnell, Rupert J. Quinnell   +8 more
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Mucosal relapse of visceral leishmaniasis in a child treated with anti-TNFα

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Visceral leishmaniasis is an enzootic parasitosis present across the Mediterranean Basin. Some consider it an opportunistic parasite. We report the case of a girl treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNFα) for juvenile idiopathic ...
E. Jeziorski, J. Dereure, G. Mac Bullen, C. Blanchet, C. Ludwig, V. Costes, M. Rodière   +6 more
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