In transition: current health challenges and priorities in Sudan

E Charani, AJ Cunnington, AEHA Yousif, MS Ahmed… - BMJ global …, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
A recent symposium and workshop in Khartoum, the capital of the Republic of Sudan,
brought together broad expertise from three universities to address the current burden of …

The diagnostic accuracy of direct agglutination test for serodiagnosis of human visceral leishmaniasis: a systematic review with meta-analysis

M Mohebali, H Keshavarz, S Shirmohammad… - BMC Infectious …, 2020 - Springer
Background Direct agglutination test (DAT) as a simple, accurate and reliable method, has
been widely used for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) during the last three …

Identification of an area predominantly endemic for childhood and adolescent visceral leishmaniasis in central Sudan

A Mahamoud, HA Osman, EM Abass, A El Agib… - Acta tropica, 2018 - Elsevier
Although widely spread throughout Sudan, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is predominantly
endemic in the Gedaref, southern Blue-Nile, and Umrimta areas located in the eastern …

Validation of in-house liquid direct agglutination test antigen: the potential diagnostic test in visceral Leishimaniasis endemic areas of Northwest Ethiopia

B Ayelign, M Jemal, M Negash, M Genetu… - BMC microbiology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia is a re-emerging threat to public
health, with increased geographical distribution and number of cases. It is a fatal disease …

Are we now well prepared for another major visceral leishmaniasis epidemic in Sudan?

A El Harith, A Mahamoud, Y Awad… - Open Forum …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
To minimize the chance for future visceral leishmaniasis (VL) epidemics such as the 1988–
1991 epidemic in Sudan, several VL detection tools have been introduced. There are many …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis and causative species of visceral leishmaniasis in Southwest Saudi Arabia

A Abdelhaleem, N Dhayhi, MS Mahfouz… - The American Journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the most severe clinical form of the disease and has been
reported in the Jazan region of southwest Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to diagnose VL by …

User and environment friendly direct agglutination test for the sero-diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis: exclusion of formaldehyde and β-mercaptoethanol in test …

A Mahamoud, Y Awad, HA Osman… - Journal of Medical …, 2018 - microbiologyresearch.org
Purpose. Based on world-wide evaluation, the direct agglutination test (DAT) is now
generally acknowledged as one of the leading diagnostics for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) …

[HTML][HTML] Modifications in a reference freeze-dried direct agglutination test to improve visceral leishmaniasis detection

A El Harith, Y Awad, A Mahamoud… - The American Journal …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Currently, a significantly lower temperature (35 C) than initially established (56 C) is
indicated as the maximum temperature storage for the commercial reference visceral …

Validation of an improved reference freeze-dried direct agglutination test for detecting leishmaniasis in the canine reservoir

A el Harith, E Abass, F Martinkovic… - Access …, 2024 - microbiologyresearch.org
Introduction Proper identification and management of reservoir post-kala-azar dermal
leishmaniasis (PKDL) and canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) cases are prerequisites to …

Leishmania donovani infection in Eastern Sudan: Comparing direct agglutination and rK39 rapid test for diagnosis-a retrospective study

E Abass - Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To compare diagnostic accuracy and agreement between direct agglutination test
and rK39 rapid tests for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area, the Doka …