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Arginase activity - a marker of disease status in patients with visceral leishmaniasis in ethiopia. [PDF]

, 2013
The underlying mechanisms resulting in the profound immune suppression characteristic of human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) are not fully understood. Here, we tested the hypothesis that arginase, an enzyme associated with immunosuppression, is higher in ...
Corset, C, Cloke Tom, Closs Ellen, Cloke, T, Yifru Sisay, Abebe Tamrat, Corset, M, Modolell, M, Takele, Yegnasew, Corware, Karina, Cloke, Tom, Sisay Yifru, Hailu, Workagegnehu, Munder, M, Tacchini-Cottier, F, Ingrid Müller, Kropf, P, Müller, Ingrid, Markus Munder, Weldegebreal, T, Weldegebreal Teklu, Teklu Weldegebreal, Closs, E, Sisay, Y, Hailu, W, Mueller, I, Pascale Kropf, Camille Corset, Müller Ingrid, Sisay, Yifru, Takele Yegnasew, Closs, Ellen, Karina Corware, Weldegebreal, Teklu, Modolell, Manuel, Corware, K, Asrat Hailu, Corware Karina, Abebe, T, Corset Margaux, Munder, Markus, Manuel Modolell, Hailu Workagegnehu, Hailu, A, Margaux Corset, Modolell Manuel, Workagegnehu Hailu, Kropf Pascale, Abebe, Tamrat, Tacchini-Cottier, Fabienne, Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier, Yegnasew Takele, Kropf, Pascale, Corset Camille, Munder Markus, Tom Cloke, Corset, Margaux, Ellen Closs, Tacchini-Cottier Fabienne, Hailu Asrat, Corset, Camille, Hailu, Asrat, Takele, Y, Tamrat Abebe   +63 more
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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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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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Hyponatremia in visceral leishmaniasis [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2010
There are few reports linking hyponatremia and visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar). This is a study of 55 consecutive kala-azar patients and 20 normal individuals as a control group. Hyponatremia and serum hypo-osmolality were detected in 100% of kala-azar patients. High first morning urine osmolality (750.0 ± 52.0 vs.
Verde, Frederico A. Lima, Verde, Francisco A.A. Lima, Veronese, Francisco José V., S. Neto, Augusto, Fuc, Galdino, Verde, Emir M. Lima   +5 more
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Effect of insecticide-impregnated dog collars on incidence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in Iranian children: a matched-cluster randomised trial. [PDF]

, 2002
BACKGROUND: Deltamethrin-impregnated dog collars reduce sandfly bite rates on dogs, and are effective in killing sandflies that attempt to feed. Because domestic dogs are the principal reservoir hosts of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis, we tested whether
Gavgani, AS Mazloumi, Hodjati, MH, Davies, CR, Mohite, H   +3 more
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Two Leishmania species circulating in the Kaleybar focus of infantile visceral leishmaniasis, northwest Iran: implications for deltamethrin dog collar intervention [PDF]

, 2008
Leishmania infantum is the causative agent of infantile visceral leishmaniasis (IVL) in the Mediterranean Basin and, based on isoenzyme typing of a few isolates from patients and domestic dogs, this parasite was considered to predominate in the Kaleybar ...
Ready, P. D. (Paul Donald), Parvizi, P, Mazloumi-Gavgani, A. S., Davies, CR, Ready, PD, Courtenay, Orin, P.D. Ready, P. Parvizi, A.S. Mazloumi-Gavgani, C.R. Davies, Parvizi, P., Courtenay, O, O. Courtenay, Mazloumi-Gavgani, AS, Davies, C. R.   +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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Cutaneous leishmaniasis. [PDF]

, 2007
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in the tropics and neotropics. It is often referred to as a group of diseases because of the varied spectrum of clinical manifestations, which range from small cutaneous nodules to gross mucosal tissue destruction ...
Claude Pirmez, Brooker, Simon, Louzir, Hechmi, Louzir, H., Reithinger, R., Jean-Claude Dujardin, Simon Brooker, Reithinger, Richard, Dujardin, Jean-Claude, Dujardin, J. C., Hechmi Louzir, Pirmez, Claude, Alexander, B., Alexander, Bruce, Richard Reithinger, Bruce Alexander, Pirmez, C., Brooker, S.   +17 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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Efficacy and tolerability of miltefosine for childhood visceral leishmaniasis in India. [PDF]

, 2004
Miltefosine has previously been shown to cure 97% of cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Indian adults. Because approximately one-half of cases of VL occur in children, we evaluated use of the adult dosage of miltefosin (2.5 mg/kg per day for 28 days)
Thakur, C. P., Junge, Klaus, Bhattacharya, Sujit K., Thakur, CP, Berman, Jonathan D, Bryceson, Anthony D. M., Jha, T. K., Bhattacharya, Sujit K, Bryceson, Anthony DM, Berman, Jonathan D., Sundar, Shyam, Karbwang, Juntra, Engel, Juergen, Sindermann, Herbert, Jha, TK   +14 more
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