Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

EE Zijlstra, AM Musa, EAG Khalil… - The Lancet infectious …, 2003 - thelancet.com
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a complication of visceral leishmaniasis (VL);
it is characterised by a macular, maculopapular, and nodular rash in a patient who has …

Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

P Srivastava, A Dayama, S Mehrotra… - Transactions of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease with up to 350 million people at risk of infection
worldwide. Among its different clinical manifestations, visceral is the most severe form. Since …

PCR diagnosis and characterization of Leishmania in local and imported clinical samples

G Schönian, A Nasereddin, N Dinse… - … and infectious disease, 2003 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis diagnosis in regions where multiple species exist should identify each
species directly in the clinical sample without parasite culturing. The sensitivity of two PCR …

Laboratory confirmed miltefosine resistant cases of visceral leishmaniasis from India

S Srivastava, J Mishra, AK Gupta, A Singh, P Shankar… - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Background Miltefosine unresponsive and relapse cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) are
increasingly being reported. However, there has been no laboratory confirmed reports of …

A Real-Time ITS1-PCR Based Method in the Diagnosis and Species Identification of Leishmania Parasite from Human and Dog Clinical Samples in Turkey

SO Toz, G Culha, FY Zeyrek, H Ertabaklar… - PLoS neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by L. infantum and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL)
caused by L. tropica and L. infantum have been reported in Turkey. L. infantum is also …

Recent advances in the diagnosis of leishmaniasis

S Singh, R Sivakumar - Journal of postgraduate medicine, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by a haemoflagellate Leishmania. There are
more than 21 species causing human infection. The infection is transmitted to humans …

Leishmania tarentolae and Leishmania infantum in humans, dogs and cats in the Pelagie archipelago, southern Italy

R Iatta, JA Mendoza-Roldan, MS Latrofa… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania infantum is endemic in the
Mediterranean basin with most of the infected human patients remaining asymptomatic …

[HTML][HTML] Leishmaniasis as an emerging infection

CM Choi, EA Lerner - Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium …, 2001 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is a protozoan disease whose diverse clinical manifestations are dependent
both on the infecting species of Leishmania and the immune response of the host …

Leishmania (Sauroleishmania) tarentolae isolation and sympatric occurrence with Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum in geckoes, dogs and sand flies

JA Mendoza-Roldan, A Zatelli, MS Latrofa… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The trypanosomatid protist Leishmania tarentolae is a saurian-associated parasite vectored
by the Sergentomyia minuta sand fly. This study aimed to confirm the circulation of L …

[PDF][PDF] Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar): challenges ahead

RK Singh, HP Pandey, S Sundar - Indian Journal of Medical …, 2006 - researchgate.net
Indian visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease caused by a haemoflagellete
Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes. It …