Visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) caused by Leishmania donovani is a common endemic infection in eastern India , Nepal , Bangladesh, Su dan and Brazil. It commonly presents with fever, anemia, weight loss, protuberant abdome n and hepatosplenomegaly. The splenomegaly appears early and the ...
Visceral leishmaniasis caused by L. infantum Nicolle 1908 (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) is very rare in immunocompetent adults. Clinical manifestation of the infection occurs in children and immune-compromised patients associated with AIDS, haemopoietic malignancies or after renal, liver, and heart...
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by a protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani mainly influencing the population of tropical and subtropical regions across the globe. The arsenal of drugs available is limited, and prolonged use of such drugs makes parasite to become resistant. Therefore, it is ...
Numerous studies have shown that visceral leishmaniasis caused by L. infantum is endemic to different parts of Iran. More than 50 years have passed since the first report of the disease in the northern parts of the country, and its annual incidence has increased with the development of ...
Visceral leishmaniasis is an acute or chronic infection caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani. It is widely distributed but occurs predominately in South America, Africa, the Mediterranean basin, and Asia. Chenoweth and colleagues described an unusual case in Michigan of visceral leishmaniasis ...
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic infection (also called kala-azar in South Asia) caused by Leishmania donovani that is a considerable threat to public health in the Indian subcontinent, including densely populated Bangladesh. The disease seriou
Short Communication: Palestinian infantile visceral leishmaniasis caused by a genetic variant of Leishmania infantum belonging to a new zymodeme Summary Top of page Summary Acknowledgements References The parasites causing a Palestinian case of infantile visceral leishmaniasis (IVL) and those from f......
Clinical aspects of visceral leishmaniasis caused by L. infantum in adults. Ten years of experience of the largest outbreak in Europe: what have we learned? Parasit Vectors. 2019;12(1):359. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3628-z. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar ...
The tribal population in and around the Western Ghats region of India is affected by both cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and visceral leishmaniasis (VL) with typical clinical symptoms. In this study, we recorded and analyzed seven CL and three VL cases from this emerging belt. All the cases we...
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused byLeishmania(L.)infantumin Brazil, being transmitted to mammals byLutzomyia longipalpissand fly [1]. VL is endemic in more than 90 countries or territories, however, in 2017, few countries as Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, South Sudan and Sudan have co...