Monitoring of parasite kinetics in Indian post–kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

S Moulik, SJ Chaudhuri, B Sardar… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background The potential reservoirs of leishmaniasis in South Asia include relapsed cases
of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), patients with post–kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) …

Knowledge, stigma, health seeking behaviour and its determinants among patients with post kalaazar dermal leishmaniasis, Bihar, India

P Garapati, B Pal, NA Siddiqui, S Bimal, P Das, K Murti… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Lesishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease endemic in Bihar, India.
Inappropriate health seeking behaviour of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) …

Active surveillance identified a neglected burden of macular cases of Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in West Bengal

R Sengupta, SJ Chaudhuri, S Moulik… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) develops in patients apparently
cured of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), and is the strongest contender for being the disease …

Barriers to the effective management and prevention of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) in the Indian subcontinent

B Pal, S Kumari, M Kaur, P Wadhwa, K Murti… - Medical Journal Armed …, 2023 - Elsevier
Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a skin disease that usually occurs among
individuals with a past history of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). PKDL cases act as a reservoir …

Evaluation of rapid extraction methods coupled with a recombinase polymerase amplification assay for point-of-need diagnosis of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

R Chowdhury, P Ghosh, MAA Khan, F Hossain… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
To detect Post-kala-azar leishmaniasis (PKDL) cases, several molecular methods with
promising diagnostic efficacy have been developed that involve complicated and expensive …

Evaluation of real-time PCR for diagnosis of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in endemic foci of Bangladesh

P Ghosh, MG Hasnain, F Hossain… - Open Forum …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a sequel to visceral
leishmaniasis (VL), which is found in VL-endemic countries including Bangladesh. Because …

Portable smartphone-based molecular test for rapid detection of Leishmania spp.

RM Kobialka, A Ceruti, M Roy, S Roy, R Chowdhury… - Infection, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Leishmaniasis, caused by the parasite of the genus Leishmania, is a neglected
tropical disease which is endemic in more than 60 countries. In South-East Asia, Brazil, and …

[HTML][HTML] Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis burden at the village level in selected high visceral leishmaniasis endemic upazilas in Bangladesh

D Ghosh, SK Sagar, MR Uddin, MU Rashid… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives As post kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) threatens the success of the
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) elimination initiative, we aimed to investigate the PKDL burden …

Exploring spatial and temporal patterns of visceral leishmaniasis in endemic areas of Bangladesh

A Dewan, AYM Abdullah, MRI Shogib, R Karim… - Tropical medicine and …, 2017 - Springer
Background Visceral leishmaniasis is a considerable public health burden on the Indian
subcontinent. The disease is highly endemic in the north-central part of Bangladesh …

Relationship of serum antileishmanial antibody with development of visceral leishmaniasis, post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis and visceral leishmaniasis relapse

D Mondal, P Ghosh, R Chowdhury, C Halleux… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Introduction To sustain the achievement of kala-azar elimination program (KEP), early
detection and treatment of the visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases and associated modalities …