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"Kala-Azar is a Dishonest Disease": Community Perspectives on Access Barriers to Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) Diagnosis and Care in Southern Gadarif, Sudan

Sunyoto T, Adam GK, Atia AM, Hamid Y, Babiker RA,  et al.
2018-02-22 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2018-02-22 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Early diagnosis and treatment is the principal strategy to control visceral leishmaniasis (VL), or kala-azar in East Africa. As VL strikes remote rural, sparsely populated areas, kala-az...
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Commentary

Control of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: fragile progress, new threats

Dahl EH, Hamdan M, Mabrouk L, Matendechero S, Mengistie TB,  et al.
2021-08-13 • BMJ Global Health
2021-08-13 • BMJ Global Health
SUMMARY BOX

• Significant progress has been made in reducing the global burden of visceral leishmaniasis, but new threats are on the horizon.
• Funding for elimination of ...
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Outdoor Residual Insecticide Spraying (ODRS), a new approach for the control of the exophilic vectors of human Visceral Leishmaniasis: Phlebotomus orientalis in East Africa

Elnaiem DA, Dakein O, Alawad AM, Alsharif B, Khogali A,  et al.
2020-10-20 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-10-20 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) due to Leishmania donovani is a neglected protozoan parasitic disease in humans, which is usually fatal if untreated. Phlebotomus orientalis, the predominant ...
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Epidemiological and molecular investigation of resurgent cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sudan

Collis S, el Safi S, Atia AM, Bhattacharya S, Hammad A,  et al.
2019-08-20 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2019-08-20 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
OBJECTIVES:
Local health personnel have drawn attention to an apparent increase in incidence and severity of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Sudan. The objective of this study was t...