Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar)
Post Kala-Azar dermal leishmaniasis following treatment with 20 mg/kg liposomal amphotericin B (Ambisome) for primary visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India.
... A total of 8749 patients were treated for VL with 20 mg/kg Ambisome between July 2007 and August 2012, with an in- programme mortality rate of 0.4% (n = 31) and a default rate of 0.3% (n = 26) (Figure 1). Of the 8692 ...
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A new focus of visceral leishmaniasis in the Himalayas, India
... Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), commonly known as kala-azar in Indian subcontinent is a major public health problem and >90% of cases are from India, Bangladesh, southern Sudan, Nepal and north-east ...
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HYPONATREMIA IN VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS
... There are few reports linking hyponatremia and visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar). This is a study of 55 consecutive kala-azar patients and 20 normal individuals as a control group. Hyponatremia and serum ...
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Transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in dogs in a risk area of the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
... Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or kala-azar is a ...of leishmaniasis deaths go unrecognized, and even with treatment access, VL may result in case-fatality rates of 10–20% (Alvar et ...
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Systemic and compartmentalized immune response in canine visceral leishmaniasis
... Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the most important emerging diseases with high prevalence in Latin American countries (Tesh, ...canine visceral leishma- niasis (CVL) are mainly caused by ...
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Immunohaematological and rheological parameters in canine visceral leishmaniasis
... and antibody were assessed. The rheological properties of the blood samples were also determined. Erythrocytes, haematocrit and platelet values of dogs in the CVL group were found to be lower than those of the control ...
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Subclinical Form of the American Visceral Leishmaniasis
... of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) shows nonspecific clinical manifestations, with difficulties being frequently met in its clinical characterization and diagnostic ...
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THYROID FUNCTION IN DOGS WITH VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS.
... Canine visceral leishmaniasis is a severe systemic disease, which may cause kidney and liver disorders, cardiac injuries as well as to other organs. Parvovirosis, babesiosis, leishmaniosis, and other severe ...
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Performance of IFAT, ELISA, direct parasitological examination and PCR on lymph node aspirates for canine visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis
... In the study by Ikonomopoulos et al. (6), samples of several tissues and serum of suspect dogs were tested for visceral leishmaniasis by IFAT, PCR and direct microscopic examination. Agreement between IFAT ...
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Immunity and immunosuppression in experimental visceral leishmaniasis
... pression during visceral leishmaniasis. Another aspect addressed in a number of studies of immunosuppression is the initial interaction between antigen-presenting cells and T cells. Decreased expression of ...
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Transmission routes of visceral leishmaniasis in mammals
... Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a chronic disease caused by Leishmania infantum. The major sites of parasite localization in infected animals are the secondary lymphoid organs, bone marrow and cutaneous ...
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In situ CUTANEOUS CELLULAR IMMUNE RESPONSE IN DOGS NATURALLY AFFECTED BY VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS
... Thirty-eight dogs naturally affected by visceral leishmaniasis were recruited in Araçatuba, São Paulo State, Brazil – an endemic area for visceral leishmaniasis. The animals were distributed ...
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REVIEW IMMUNOACTIVATION AND IMMUNOPATHOGENY DURING ACTIVE VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS
... experimental visceral leishmaniasis, the effect of a high TNF-α disorganizing marginal zone of white pulp was also found to be important to the progression of the infection 37 ...
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O Piauí como coadjuvante da leishmaniose Visceral brasileira / Piaui as an adjunct of brazilian Visceral Leishmaniasis
... Introduction: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an emerging and geographically expanding disease in Brazil, and may die in 90% of cases when ...of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in the state of ...
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Surveillance of canine visceral leishmaniasis in a disease-free area
... of visceral leishmaniasis in dogs at the Center for Zoonosis Control of São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, before ...of visceral leishmaniasis, and evaluated under light microscopy for the ...
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Comparative evaluation of several methods for Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis diagnosis
... he aim of the present study was to evaluate the serological methods using ELISA with recombinant-rK39 (ELISA-rK-39) and soluble extract-SE (ELISA-SE) antigens, the indirect luorescence antibody test (IFAT) in comparison ...
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Clinical and epidemiological aspects of visceral leishmaniasis in children
... Objective: describing the epidemiological and clinical profile of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in hospitalized children. Method: this was a documentary and retrospective research performed from January 2001 ...
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Assessment of the electrocardiogram in dogs with visceral leishmaniasis
... with visceral leishmaniasis relies on its long incubation period before the appearance of clinical disease in dogs, which can last from three mon- ths to seven years, resulting in many infected dogs being ...
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VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN BRAZIL: REVISITING PARADIGMS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL
... Brazilian Leishmaniasis Control Program. The current situation of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil might be seen as a paradox: the most important aspects of the disease are known, but so far the ...
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Therapeutic effect of ursolic acid in experimental visceral leishmaniasis
... granulomas, among other histological changes, suggesting that these features could be associated with disease progression. Considering these findings, the UA triterpene showed a therapeutic effect on the liver of golden ...
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