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Effect of village-wide use of long-lasting insecticidal nets on visceral Leishmaniasis vectors in India and Nepal: a cluster randomized trial. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) control in the Indian subcontinent is currently based on case detection and treatment, and on vector control using indoor residual spraying (IRS).
Mark Rowland, Roy Lalita, Das, Murari L, Dinesh Diwakar S., Davies Clive R., Dinesh, D. S., Dinesh, Diwakar S., Boelaert Marleen, Sundar, Shyam, Davies, Clive R., Boelaert, Marleen, Das, M. L., Rowland, Mark, Diwakar S Dinesh, Das Murari L., Rijal, S., Marc Coosemans, Picado, A., Shyam Sundar, Picado Albert, Kesari, Shreekant, Das Pradeep, Pradeep Das, Shreekant Kesari, Clive R Davies, Sundar, S., Suman Rijal, Kumar, Vijay, Vijay Kumar, Sundar Shyam, Roy, Lalita, Kesari Shreekant, Picado, Albert, Murari L Das, Rowland Mark, Boelaert, M., Lalita Roy, Rijal Suman, Dinesh, Diwakar S, Das, P., Davies, C. R., Kesari, S., Coosemans Marc, Coosemans, Marc, Albert Picado, Davies, Clive R, Marleen Boelaert, Coosemans, M., Das, Murari L., Roy, L., Rowland, M., Kumar Vijay, Rijal, Suman, Das, Pradeep, Kumar, V.   +54 more
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Leishmaniasis–HIV coinfection: current challenges

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2016
José Angelo Lauletta Lindoso,1,2 Mirella Alves Cunha,3 Igor Thiago Queiroz,4 Carlos Henrique Valente Moreira2 1Laboratory of Soroepidemiology (LIM HC-FMUSP), São Paulo University, São Paulo, 2Instituto de Infectologia Emilio ...
Lindoso JAL, Cunha MA, Queiroz IT, Moreira CHV   +3 more
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Urine as a promising sample for Leishmania DNA extraction in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis – a review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Visceral leishmaniasis is a serious and debilitating infection with high fatality rate in tropical and subtropical countries. As clinical symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis are not so specific, confirmatory diagnostic methods with high sensitivity and ...
Gilberto Silva Nunes Bezerra, Walter Lins Barbosa, Júnior, Elis Dionísio da Silva, Nilma Cintra Leal, Zulma Maria de Medeiros   +4 more
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A case report on para-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: an unresolved mystery

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a dermatosis that occurs 2–3 years after an apparently successful treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
Md. Mehedi Hasan, Sanghita Banik Proma, Md. Saddam Hossain, Md. Arifuzzaman, Naylla Islam, Md. Abu Bakar Siddique, Amiruzzaman   +6 more
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis.

, 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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Efficacy and tolerability of miltefosine for childhood visceral leishmaniasis in India.

, 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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Arsenic exposure and outcomes of antimonial treatment in visceral leishmaniasis patients in bihar, India:a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2015
Background: In the late twentieth century, emergence of high rates of treatment failure with antimonial compounds (SSG) for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused a public health crisis in Bihar, India.
Joris Menten (95438), Prajapati Vijay K., Raab Andrea, Feldmann Joerg, Perry Meghan R., Meghan R Perry, Sundar Shyam, Chakraborti, Dipankar, Joerg Feldmann (343233), Alan H Fairlamb, Fairlamb, Alan H., Joerg Feldmann, Albert Picado (194712), Picado, Albert, Fairlamb, Alan H, Joris Menten, Boelaert Marleen, Meghan R. Perry (343229), Dipankar Chakraborti (253671), Sundar, Shyam, Menten, Joris, Fairlamb, Alan H.; id_orcid, Boelaert, Marleen, Andrea Raab, Prajapati, Vijay K., Raab, Andrea, Marleen Boelaert (56961), Dipankar Chakraborti, Shyam Sundar, Vijay K. Prajapati (697028), Picado Albert, Fairlamb Alan H., Feldmann, Joerg, Albert Picado, Marleen Boelaert, Picado de Puig, Albert, Chakraborti Dipankar, Shyam Sundar (58354), Alan H. Fairlamb (118600), Perry, Meghan R, Perry, Meghan R., Andrea Raab (249766), Prajapati, Vijay K, Vijay K Prajapati, Menten Joris   +44 more
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Epidemiological aspects of human and canine visceral leishmaniasis in State of Alagoas, Northeast, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2018
Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL), caused by protozoans of the genus Leishmania, it is a worldwide of great importance disease. In the northeast region of Brazil, the state of Alagoas has an endemic status for ZVL.
M. A. N. Rocha, T. J. Matos-Rocha, C. M. B. Ribeiro, S. R. O. Abreu   +3 more
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Determinants of bednet ownership and use in visceral leishmaniasis-endemic areas of the Indian subcontinent.

, 2010
OBJECTIVE: To document ownership and use of bednets with its determinants in the visceral leishmaniasis (VL)-endemic region where mainly non-insecticide impregnated nets are available through commercial channels, and bednets are being considered as a ...
Singh, SP, Sundar, S, Sánchez, A., Boelaert, M, Rijal, S., Paudel, I. S., Picado, A., Picado, A, Sánchez, A, Vanlerberghe, V, Ostyn, B., Vanlerberghe, V., Davies, C., Rijal, S, Boelaert, M., Paudel, IS, Singh, S. P., Ostyn, B, Davies, C, Sundar, S.   +19 more
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Amphotericin B deoxycholate for relapse visceral leishmaniasis in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective Based on studies in India (as there was no studies from outside India) amphotericin B deoxycholate has been considered as a backup drug for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis.
Md Golam Hasnain, Proggananda Nath, Shomik Maruf, Shah Golam Nabi, A. F. M. Akhtar Hossain, Be-Nazir Ahmed, Dinesh Mondal, Ariful Basher   +7 more
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