Kala-Azar
Population dynamics and habitat preferences of Phlebotomus orientalis in extra domestic habitats of Kafta Humera lowlands – kala azar endemic areas in Northwest Ethiopia
... of kala azar was erupted in 1995 [1], particularly in May Kadra (includ- ing Berket settlement center), which might be related to the movement of immunologically naïve people into kala azar ...
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Study Of Socio Economic Conditions Of Various Endemic Areas Of Bihar With Respect To Kala Azar In India
... of kala have been observed in 1891, 1917 and ...from kala-azar endemic areas in 1963-64, the disease resurgence has been found to occur in late 70s because of slow build up of vector ...states. ...
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IL 17 and IL 22 are associated with protection against human kala azar caused by Leishmania donovani
... IL-17 and IL-22 have been shown to increase protection against certain bacteria and fungal pathogens in experimental models. However, no human studies have demonstrated a crucial role of IL-17 and IL-22 in protection ...
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Insights into the possible role of IFNG and IFNGR1 in Kala azar and Post Kala azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in Sudanese patients
... Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a compli- cation of treatment for patients with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania donovani and results in the presence of multiple hypopigmented ...
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The overexpression of genes of thiol metabolism contribute to drug resistance in clinical isolates of visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar) in India
... called Kala Azar (KA) or black fever in India, claims around 20,000 lives every ...for Kala Azar in India relies on a rather limited arsenal of drugs including sodium antimony gluconate and ...
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Diagnosis of Kala Azar by Nested PCR Based on Amplification of the Leishmania Mini Exon Gene
... In the present investigation we have developed a nested PCR method based on amplification of the Leishmania mini- exon gene repeats. We used the primers described previously (3, 14) for the first-round primary PCR. ...
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The immunology of post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL)
... Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a common complication of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania donovani . Because of its possible role in transmission it is considered a public ...
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Low prevalence of Leishmania donovani infection among the blood donors in kala azar endemic areas of Bangladesh
... Human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) / kala-azar (KA) is a se- vere chronic disease caused by parasites of the Leishmania donovani complex. The disease is lethal if left untreated and affects approximately ...
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Report of the Post Kala Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) consortium meeting, New Delhi, India, 27–29 June 2012
... Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis; PM: Paromomycin; qPCR: quantitative polymerase chain reaction; RMRI: Rajendra Memorial Research Institute, Patna, India; RTAG: Regional technical advisory group; SEARO: ...
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Spatial and temporal variation and hotspot detection of kala azar disease in Vaishali district (Bihar), India
... of kala-azar covering specific ...of kala- azar incidence rate showed statistically significant hot- spots ...of kala- azar cases that were mostly spread east and north-west part ...
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Leishmania Promastigote Membrane Antigen Based Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Immunoblotting for Differential Diagnosis of Indian Post Kala Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis
... of kala-azar in India, it is also difficult to correlate PKDL with a previous exposure to ...where kala-azar is endemic, and healthy subjects, by the detection of polypeptides of 67, 72, and ...
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Sero prevalence of Leishmania donovani infection in labour migrants and entomological risk factors in extra domestic habitats of Kafta Humera lowlands kala azar endemic areas in the northwest Ethiopia
... to kala-azar infection than those living in houses with mud-plastered walls ...monthly kala- azar cases in permanently settled farmers in Shiraro (northern Ethiopia) was reported in January ...
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Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis and leprosy: case report and literature review
... post-kala- azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) was established and liposomal amphotericin B (3 mg/kg/day for 7 days) was re-introduced resulting in a clinical regression of the skin lesions that was confirmed ...
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Development of a Species Specific PCR Assay for Detection of Leishmania donovani in Clinical Samples from Patients with Kala Azar and Post Kala Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis
... We have developed a PCR assay that is capable of amplifying kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) of Leishmania dono- vani in a species-specific manner among Old World leishmanias. With Indian strains and isolates of L. dono- vani the ...
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Potential role for interleukin 10 in the immunosuppression associated with kala azar
... acute kala azar, from patients after chemotherapy for kala azar, and from skin test-positive adults from the same endemic ...acute kala azar demonstrated release of IL-10 that ...
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Nocturnal activities and host preferences of Phlebotomus orientalis in extra domestic habitats of Kafta Humera lowlands, Kala azar endemic, Northwest Ethiopia
... million kala-azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis; VL) cases in the world, 90% occur in Bangladish, India, Nepal, Sudan, Ethiopia and Brazil ...Ethiopia, kala-azar is transmitted by ...post ...
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Prevalence of kala azar infection in Pokot county, Amudat district, Northeastern Uganda
... that kala-azar accounted for about 17% of hospital ...of kala- azar infection in the community in Pokot county is ...of kala-azar infection in Pokot ...of kala- ...
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Study of house level risk factors associated in the transmission of Indian Kala azar
... Previously, very little work has been done at house- hold level and they have mentioned poor housing con- struction as characteristics of the study area where visceral leishmaniasis was prevalent and vector density is ...
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Performance of kala-azar surveillance in Gaffargaon subdistrict of Mymensingh, Bangladesh
... as kala-azar in South Asia, and has been targeted for elimination in that ...of kala- azar is ...for kala-azar cases that had occurred between January 2010 and December ...for ...
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Aerobic midgut microbiota of sand fly vectors of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis from northern Iran, a step toward finding potential paratransgenic candidates
... Sand flies are the major vectors of various Leishmania spp., the etiological parasitic agents of leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease (NTD). Several clinical forms of leishmaniasis have been described including ...
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