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2023-08-04 • Medical and Veterinary Entomology
2023-08-04 • Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL, kala azar), caused by Leishmania donovani, transmitted by Phlebotomus orientalis, is a serious systemic disease that causes high morbidity and mortality rates...
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2022-08-18 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2022-08-18 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in South Sudan, manifesting periodically in major outbreaks. Provision of treatment during endemic periods and as an emergency respo...
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in South Sudan, manifesting periodically in major outbreaks. Provision of treatment during endemic periods and as an emergency respo...
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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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2020-06-30 • Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2020-06-30 • Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Introduction: In three health care facilities in the Oromia region, the aim of this study is to report on 1) the number of VL cases registered over time (2013-2018) and 2) the clinical p...
Conference Material
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2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
Journal Article
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2018-11-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-11-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Ethiopia bears a high burden of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Early access to VL diagnosis and care improves clinical prognosis and reduces transmission from infected humans; however, sig...
Journal Article
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2021-12-01 • Lancet Global Health
2021-12-01 • Lancet Global Health
East Africa is the world region most affected by visceral leishmaniasis, accounting for 45% of cases globally that were reported to WHO in 2018, with an annual incidence that is only sli...
Journal Article
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2019-05-01 • BMJ Open
2019-05-01 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVES:
To understand stakeholders' perceptions of the access barriers to quality-assured diagnostics and medicines for leishmaniasis in the high-burden region of eastern Africa...
To understand stakeholders' perceptions of the access barriers to quality-assured diagnostics and medicines for leishmaniasis in the high-burden region of eastern Africa...
Journal Article
|Commentary
2009-08-27 • Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs
2009-08-27 • Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs
BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the most neglected parasitic diseases causing large scale mortality and morbidity among the poorest of the poor in the Indian subcontine...
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2018-03-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2018-03-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
A safe and effective short-course treatment regimen for Post Kala Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) is considered essential for achieving and sustaining elimination of visceral leishmania...
Journal Article
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2022-03-01 • Toxicon: X
2022-03-01 • Toxicon: X
Snakebite envenoming is a public health concern in many countries affected by humanitarian crises. Its magnitude was recognized internationally but associations between snakebite peaks a...
Journal Article
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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 ...
• Significant progress has been made in reducing the global burden of visceral leishmaniasis, but new threats are on the horizon.
• Funding for elimination of ...
Journal Article
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2021-01-28 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2021-01-28 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical skin disease, caused by Leishmania protozoa. In Pakistan, where CL caused by L. tropica is highly endemic, therapy wi...
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical skin disease, caused by Leishmania protozoa. In Pakistan, where CL caused by L. tropica is highly endemic, therapy wi...
Journal Article
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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 ...
Journal Article
|Research
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...
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...
Journal Article
|Case Report/Series
2014-06-12 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2014-06-12 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases