Wuchereria bancrofti infection is associated with progression to clinical visceral leishmaniasis in VL- endemic areas in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India. by Abhishek Kumar Singh, Tanyth de Gooyer, Om Prakash Singh, Sundaram Pandey, Aziza Neyaz, Kristien Cloots, Sangeeta Kansal, Paritosh Malaviya, Madhukar Rai, Susanne Nylén, Jaya Chakravarty, Epco Hasker, Shyam Sundar

“…The aims of the study were to assess the prevalence of filarial infection in asymptomatic Leishmania donovani infected individuals and the correlation of Wuchereria bancrofti infection with progression to clinical visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Bihar, India.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Within the Muzaffarpur-TMRC Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) area, a cohort of Leishmania seropositive (n = 476) or seronegative individuals (n = 1130) were sampled annually for three years for filarial infection and followed for progression to clinical VL. …”
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Sensitivity of PCR in conjunctival swab samples for the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mariana Fagundes Bento, Gabriela Scarpin de Souza, Bruno Serpa Vieira, Ângela Adamski da Silva, Felipe da Silva Krawczak, Veridiana Maria Brianezi Dignani de Moura

“…Abstract To compare the sensitivity of conjunctival swab (CS) and conventional samples (blood, spleen, liver, lymphoid and cutaneous tissue) in the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a systematic review and meta-analysis was carried out using PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Science, VHL/BVS (Virtual Health Library), CAPES, and Scielo databases. …”
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Phase II validation study of the rK39 ELISA prototype for the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil by Fernanda Alvarenga Cardoso Medeiros, Job Alves de Souza Filho, José Ronaldo Barbosa, Lucas Edel Donato, Fabiano Borges Figueiredo, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Gustavo Fontes Paz, Mayerson Thompson, Andreza Pain Marcelino

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Challenges for maintaining post elimination phase of visceral leishmaniasis control programme in India: A field-based study. by Subhasish Kamal Guha, Ashif Ali Sardar, Pabitra Saha, Moytrey Chatterjee, Kingsuk Jana, Anwesha Samanta, Dipankar Maji, Prasanta Biswas, Rahul Bhattacharya, Ardhendu Kumar Maji

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Chimeric Vaccines Designed by Immunoinformatics-Activated Polyfunctional and Memory T Cells That Trigger Protection against Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis by Rory Cristiane Fortes De Brito, Jeronimo Conceição Ruiz, Jamille Mirelle de Oliveira Cardoso, Thais Lopes Valentim Di Paschoale Ostolin, Levi Eduardo Soares Reis, Fernando Augusto Siqueira Mathias, Rodrigo Dian de Oliveira Aguiar-Soares, Bruno Mendes Roatt, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Daniela de Melo Resende, Alexandre Barbosa Reis

“…Many vaccine candidates against visceral leishmaniasis (VL) have been proposed; however, to date, none of them have been efficacious for the human or canine disease. …”
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Assessment of Variation in Clinical Presentation of Visceral Leishmaniasis Among Patients Attending the Tropical Diseases Teaching Hospital in Sudan by Hammam Abdalrhman Altom Mohammed Ahmed, Ahmed Ali Ahmed Musa, Ahmed Mahmoud, Sayed Sayedahmed, Shiraz Bashir Jabralseed Mohammed, Ehssan Farouk Mohamed Ahmed, Anas Badreldeen Elageb Mohamed, Abdelsalam Mohamed Ahmed Nail

Subjects: “…visceral leishmaniasis, sudan, clinical presentations…”
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Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: clinical, parasitological, therapeutical and epidemiological findings (1977-1983) by Mauro C. A. Marzochi, Sergio G. Coutinho, Wilson J. S. de Souza, Luciano M. de Toledo, Gabriel Grimaldi Junior, Hooman Momen, Raquel da S. Pacheco, Paulo C. Sabroza, Miguel A. de Souza, Francisco B. Rangel Junior, Neide C. Tramontano

“…Among them, 19 came from areas where only Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) occurs (Realengo, Bangu, Senador Camará). …”
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Factors associated with survival in patients with visceral leishmaniasis treated at a reference hospital in northern Minas Gerais - Brazil by Igor Monteiro Lima Martins, Alfredo Maurício Batista de Paula, Antônio Prates Caldeira, Lanuza Borges Oliveira, Luciano Freitas Fernandes

“…ABSTRACT Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a public health problem and is a relevant cause of death in developing countries. …”
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Development of an Electrochemical Immunosensor for Specific Detection of Visceral Leishmaniasis Using Gold-Modified Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes by Beatriz R. Martins, Yanne O. Barbosa, Cristhianne M. R. Andrade, Loren Q. Pereira, Guilherme F. Simão, Carlo J. de Oliveira, Dalmo Correia, Robson T. S. Oliveira, Marcos V. da Silva, Anielle C. A. Silva, Noelio O. Dantas, Virmondes Rodrigues, Rodrigo A. A. Muñoz, Renata P. Alves-Balvedi

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Ecological aspects of Pintomyia fischeri and Migonemyia migonei in municipalities with Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis, State of São Paulo, Brazil by Margareth Regina Dibo, Regiane Maria Tironi de Menezes, Fabiana Fernandes de Souza, Helio Benites Gil, Adriano Pinter

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Scoring clinical signs can help diagnose canine visceral leishmaniasis in a highly endemic area in Brazil by Kleverton Ribeiro da Silva, Vitor Rosa Ramos de Mendonça, Kellen Matuzzy Silva, Leopoldo Fabrício Marçal do Nascimento, Antonio Ferreira Mendes-Sousa, Flaviane Alves de Pinho, Manoel Barral-Netto, Aldina Maria Prado Barral, Maria do Socorro Pires e Cruz

Subjects: “…canine visceral leishmaniasis…”
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Seasonality of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and Leishmania DNA detection in vector species in an area with endemic visceral leishmaniasis by Lara Saraiva, Camila Gonçalves Leite, Ana Cristina Vianna Mariano da Rocha Lima, Luiz Otávio Alves de Carvalho, Agnes Antônia Sampaio Pereira, Jerônimo Marteleto Nunes Rugani, Felipe Dutra Rego, Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, José Dilermando Andrade Filho

Subjects: “…visceral leishmaniasis…”
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Validation of the Dual-path Platform chromatographic immunoassay (DPP® CVL rapid test) for the serodiagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis by Fabiano Borges Figueiredo, Tassia Cristina Bello de Vasconcelos, Maria de Fátima Madeira, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Ana Nilce Silveira Maia-Elkhoury, Andreza Pain Marcelino, Guilherme L Werneck

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Remembering visceral leishmaniasis as a potential trigger of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in individuals treated with anti-TNF-alpha therapy by Amina Nardo-Marino, Katrine Bukan, Henrik Vedel Nielsen, Daniel El Fassi

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Discovery of the vector of visceral leishmaniasis, Phlebotomus (Artemievus) alexandri Sinton, 1928, in Kenya suggests complex transmission dynamics by Steve Kiplagat, Jandouwe Villinger, Collins K. Kigen, Kevin O. Kidambasi, Jackson M. Muema, Stephie M. Mwangi, Maureen Wangari, Damaris Matoke-Muhia, Daniel K. Masiga, Joel L. Bargul

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Visceral Leishmaniasis in Ardabil Province, Northwest of Iran: A Retrospective Epidemiological, Clinical and Paraclinical Study (1985-2018) by Soheila Molaie, Hamed Zandian, Akbar Molaie, Telma Zahirian, Mehdi Mohebali, Zabih Zarei, Babak Nakhostin, Dariush Emdadi, Behnaz Akhoundi, Seyyedeh-Negar Modares-Sadrani, Hamed Abdollahzadeh, Zahra Rakhshidan, Ezat Ezati, Zahra Heidari

Subjects: “…Visceral leishmaniasis…”
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Evaluation of a Point-of-Need Molecular Diagnostic Tool Coupled with Rapid DNA Extraction Methods for Visceral Leishmaniasis by Prakash Ghosh, Rajashree Chowdhury, Khaledul Faisal, Md. Anik Ashfaq Khan, Faria Hossain, Md. Abu Rahat, Md. Arko Ayon Chowdhury, Nishad Tasnim Mithila, Mostafa Kamal, Shomik Maruf, Rupen Nath, Rea Maja Kobialka, Arianna Ceruti, Mary Cameron, Malcolm S. Duthie, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Dinesh Mondal

Subjects: “…visceral leishmaniasis (VL)…”
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Entomological Exploration of Sand Flies in Human Communities Affected by Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis in El Hajeb Province, Morocco by Karima El-Mouhdi, Mohammed Fekhaoui, Abdelkader Chahlaoui, Smahane Mehanned, Chafika Faraj, Samia Boussaa

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Human and canine visceral leishmaniasis in an emerging focus in Araçuaí, Minas Gerais: spatial distribution and socio-environmental factors by Renata Luiz Ursine, João Victor Leite Dias, Harriman Aley Morais, Herton Helder Rocha Pires

“…This study aimed to analyse the spatial distribution of human (2007-2013) and canine (2013) visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the city of Araçuaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and identify the socio-environmental factors related to their occurrence. …”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis at Pantanal, central South America by Aline Etelvina Casaril, Neiva Zandonaide Nazario Monaco, Everton Falcão de Oliveira, Gabriel Utida Eguchi, Antonio Conceição Paranhos Filho, Luciana Escalante Pereira, Elisa Teruya Oshiro, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati, Nathália Lopes Fontoura Mateus, Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira

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