Social determinants of visceral leishmaniasis elimination in Eastern Africa

J Alvar, MT Beca-Martínez, D Argaw, S Jain… - BMJ Global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
Visceral leishmaniasis is a vector-borne, protozoan disease with severe public health
implications. Following the successful implementation of an elimination programme in South …

Safety and efficacy of paromomycin/miltefosine/liposomal amphotericin B combinations for the treatment of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in Sudan: A phase II …

BM Younis, A Mudawi Musa, S Monnerat… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Treatment for post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) in Sudan is currently
recommended only for patients with persistent or severe disease, mainly because of the …

Outbreak prone communicable diseases of public health importance in the northern districts of West Bengal–Current status & the way forward

PK Sharma, R Tilak - Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2021 - journals.lww.com
India is perilously poised on the threshold of an explosion of infectious diseases, some of
which have witnessed re-emergence while others await apposite opportunity to do so. The …

Utility of blood as the clinical specimen for the molecular diagnosis of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

KK Dixit, V Ramesh, S Upadhyay… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The countries in the Indian subcontinent have reported a dramatic decline in visceral
leishmaniasis (VL) cases. However, the presence of the parasite reservoir in the form of post …

KalaCORE: A Programme to Tackle Visceral Leishmaniasis in South Asia and East Africa (2014–2019)

S Meredith, M den Boer, S Burza, SL Croft - Challenges and Solutions …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract “Tackling Visceral Leishmaniasis in South Asia and East Africa”(also known as
KalaCORE), a UK AID funded programme, worked in two regions with the greatest burden of …

Efforts toward the Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis in South Asia: A Review of Progress in Bhutan.

T Dorji, S Dorjee, T Wangdi, T Tshokey… - The American Journal …, 2024 - europepmc.org
Leishmaniases are a group of diseases under the category of neglected tropical diseases
targeted for global elimination. However, they continue to pose major clinical and public …