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Domestic dog ownership in Iran is a risk factor for human infection with Leishmania infantum. [PDF]

, 2002
One explanation proposed for the widespread failure to control zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis by culling infected domestic dogs is that wild canids or humans play significant roles in transmission.
Hassan Mohite, Mohite, Hassan, Mohebali, Mehdi, A Samad Mazloumi Gavgani, Gavgani, A Samad Mazloumi, Gholan H Edrissian, Clive R Davies, Mehdi Mohebali, Edrissian, Gholan H, Davies, Clive R   +9 more
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Risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis in India: further evidence on the role of domestic animals.

, 2010
OBJECTIVE: Studies investigating risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) on the Indian Subcontinent have shown contradictory results related to the role of domestic animals. In some studies having animals in or around the house was a risk factor, in
Singh, SP, Sundar, S, Singh, RP, Boelaert, M, Malaviya, P, Singh, R. P., Picado, A., Malaviya, P., Picado, A, Hasker, E, Hasker, E., Boelaert, M., Singh, S. P., Gidwani, K, Gidwani, K., Sundar, S.   +15 more
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Structures, targets and recent approaches in anti-leishmanial drug discovery and development. [PDF]

, 2011
Recent years have seen a significant improvement in available treatment options for leishmaniasis. Two new drugs, miltefosine and paromomycin, have been registered for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in India since 2002.
Karin Seifert, Seifert, Karin
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Assessment of Leishmaniasis notification system in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, 1990-1993. [PDF]

, 2001
Using a capture-recapture method, this study evaluates the completeness of the cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) surveillance system in four districts of Santiago del Estero province, Argentina, for the period 1990-1993. Four reporting sources were evaluated:
Yadón, ZE, E L Segura, Z E Yadón, Yadón, Zaida E., L C Rodrigues, Quigley, MA, Davies, CR, Rodrigues, LC, C R Davies, Segura, Elsa L., Segura, Elsa Leonor, Quigley, Maria A., Quigley, Maria, M A Quigley, Rodrigues, Laura C., Davies, Clive R., Segura, EL   +16 more
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Elimination of visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: cross-sector collaboration and cost sharing to promote sustainability

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: Sustainable elimination of visceral leishmaniasis as a public health problem requires the contribution of various stakeholders led by the governments.
Duncan Ochol, Kebron Haile, Nathan Onduma, Tsegaye Yohanes, Kimberly Kamara   +4 more
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Evaluation of a mass distribution programme for fine-mesh impregnated bednets against visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Sudan.

, 2007
During an epidemic of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in eastern Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières distributed 357,000 insecticide-treated bednets (ITN) to 155 affected villages between May 1999 and March 2001.
Davidson, R N, Dongu'du, Salah Ibrahim, Davidson, Robert N, Davies, Clive, van Zorge, R, Wang, S J, Shr-Jie Wang, Judy Schorscher, Dongu'du, S I, Schorscher, Judy, Robert N. Davidson, Koert Ritmeijer, Wang, Shr-Jie, Clive Davies, Salah Ibrahim Dongu'du, Ruth Van Zorge, Ritmeijer, Koert, van Zorge, Ruth, Ritmeijer, K, Davies, C, Schorscher, J   +20 more
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Visceral leishmaniasis in lung transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings, 2003
Infection by intracellular microorganisms with a special geographic distribution, such as Leishmania spp, has been reported in a limited number of patients undergoing solid-organ transplant (SOT). No cases of Leishmania spp infection in lung transplant patients were found in a review of the literature.
Morales, P., Torres, J. J., Salavert, Miguel, Pemán, Javier, La Cruz, J., SOLE, AMPARO   +5 more
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Are insecticide-impregnated dog collars a feasible alternative to dog culling as a strategy for controlling canine visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil?

, 2004
In a zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL)-endemic area in Brazil, deltamethrin-impregnated collars (DMC) were fitted to 136 dogs for 5 months and significantly reduced the odds of increasing their anti-Leishmania antibody titer during this period by 50%
Reithinger, Richard, Coleman, Paul G, Alexander, Bruce, Vieira, Edvar Paula, Assis, Geraldo, Davies, Clive R   +5 more
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Comparison of visceral leishmaniasis diagnostic antigens in African and Asian Leishmania donovani reveals extensive diversity and region-specific polymorphisms. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), caused by infection with Leishmania donovani complex, remains a major public health problem in endemic regions of South Asia, East Africa, and Brazil. If untreated, symptomatic VL is usually fatal.
Bhattacharyya, T., Miles, M. A., Miles, Michael A, Michael A Miles, Bhattacharyya, Tapan, Boelaert, M., Boelaert, Marleen, Tapan Bhattacharyya, Marleen Boelaert   +8 more
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Vulnerability to the transmission of human visceral leishmaniasis in a Brazilian urban area

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To analyze the determinants for the occurrence of human visceral leishmaniasis linked to the conditions of vulnerability. METHODS This is an ecological study, whose spatial analysis unit was the Territorial Analysis Unit in Araguaína, State ...
Celina Roma Sánchez de Toledo, Andréa Sobral de Almeida, Sergio Augusto de Miranda Chaves, Paulo Chagastelles Sabroza, Luciano Medeiros Toledo, Jefferson Pereira Caldas   +5 more
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