Laboratory diagnosis of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis: current and future methods

JQ Reimão, EM Coser, MR Lee, AC Coelho - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease with two main clinical forms: cutaneous and
visceral leishmaniasis. Diagnosis of leishmaniasis is still a challenge, concerning the …

Performance of rapid rk39 tests for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

DG Hagos, HDFH Schallig, YK Kiros… - BMC Infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a severely neglected disease affecting
millions of people with high mortality if left untreated. In Ethiopia, the primary laboratory …

[图书][B] Parasitology: a conceptual approach

ES Loker, BV Hofkin - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Produced amidst the still rippling effects of a pandemic and as the world experiences the
increasing burden of global warming and a rapidly changing biosphere, the second edition …

Diagnostic accuracy of direct agglutination test, rK39 ELISA and six rapid diagnostic tests among visceral leishmaniasis patients with and without HIV coinfection in …

M Kassa, S Abdellati, L Cnops… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Diagnosis of a first-time visceral leishmaniasis (VL) infection in Ethiopia is established by
use of a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) detecting antibodies against rK39, direct agglutination …

Molecular Tracking of the Leishmania Parasite

S Moulik, S Sengupta, M Chatterjee - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With the Visceral Leishmaniasis/Kala-azar Elimination Program in South Asia in its
consolidation phase, the focus is mainly on case detection, vector control, and identifying …

Diagnostic Tools for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania donovani: A Narrative Review

SB Piyasiri, R Dewasurendra, N Samaranayake… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease, encompasses a spectrum of clinical conditions
and poses a significant risk of infection to over one billion people worldwide. Visceral …

Development and clinical evaluation of serum and urine-based lateral flow tests for diagnosis of human visceral leishmaniasis

SA Ejazi, ST Choudhury, A Bhattacharyya, M Kamran… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a fatal parasitic infection, is categorized as being neglected
among tropical diseases. The use of conventional tissue aspiration for diagnosis is not …

Diagnostic accuracy of serological rk-39 test for visceral Leishmaniasis: Systematic review and meta-analysis

M Getnet, A Minaye Dejen, D Abebaw… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), or kala-azar, is a vector-borne tropical disease
caused by a group of intracellular hemoflagellate protozoa belonging to the family of …

Assessment of the impact of implementation research on the Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) elimination efforts in Nepal

AB Joshi, MR Banjara, S Chuke… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Nepal, Bangladesh, and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2005 to
eliminate visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as a public health problem from the Indian …

Using meta-analysis and machine learning to investigate the transcriptional response of immune cells to Leishmania infection

Z Rezaei, A Tahmasebi… - PLOS Neglected Tropical …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by the Leishmania protozoan
affecting millions of people worldwide, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. The …