Leishmaniasis diagnosis: an update on the use of parasitological, immunological and molecular methods

S Thakur, J Joshi, S Kaur - Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 2020‏ - Springer
Diagnosis of leishmaniasis has always been a major challenge as its clinical features
resemble some other commonly occurring diseases such as tuberculosis, typhoid, and …

Laboratory diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

S Sundar, M Rai - Clinical and vaccine immunology, 2002‏ - journals.asm.org
The group of diseases known as the leishmaniases are caused by obligate intracellular
protozoa of the genus Leishmania (39). Natural transmission of leishmania is carried out by …

[PDF][PDF] Leishmaniose visceral no Brasil: quadro atual, desafios e perspectivas

CMF Gontijo, MN Melo - Revista Brasileira de epidemiologia, 2004‏ - SciELO Public Health
No Brasil, a importância da leishmaniose visceral reside não somente na sua alta
incidência e ampla distribuição, mas também na possibilidade de assumir formas graves e …

Diagnosis of leishmaniasis

EK Elmahallawy, AS Martínez… - The Journal of Infection …, 2014‏ - jidc.org
Leishmaniasis is a clinically heterogeneous syndrome caused by intracellular protozoan
parasites of the genus Leishmania. The clinical spectrum of leishmaniasis encompasses …

Immunobiology of visceral leishmaniasis

R Kumar, S Nylén - Frontiers in immunology, 2012‏ - frontiersin.org
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), commonly known as kala-azar, is caused by Leishmania
donovani and Leishmania infantum (Leishmania chagasi in the Americas). These …

Rapid tests for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in patients with suspected disease

M Boelaert, K Verdonck, J Menten… - Cochrane database …, 2014‏ - cochranelibrary.com
Background The diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in patients with fever and a large
spleen relies on showing Leishmania parasites in tissue samples and on serological tests …

Splenic accumulation of IL-10 mRNA in T cells distinct from CD4+CD25+ (Foxp3) regulatory T cells in human visceral leishmaniasis

S Nylén, R Maurya, L Eidsmo, KD Manandhar… - The Journal of …, 2007‏ - rupress.org
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a life-threatening disease characterized by uncontrolled
parasitization of the spleen, liver, and bone marrow. Interleukin (IL)-10 has been implicated …

[HTML][HTML] One health approach to leishmaniases: understanding the disease dynamics through diagnostic tools

A Hong, RA Zampieri, JJ Shaw, LM Floeter-Winter… - Pathogens, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Leishmaniases are zoonotic vector-borne diseases caused by protozoan parasites of the
genus Leishmania that affect millions of people around the globe. There are various clinical …

An alternative immunohistochemical method for detecting Leishmania amastigotes in paraffin-embedded canine tissues

WL Tafuri, R de Lima Santos, RME Arantes… - Journal of …, 2004‏ - Elsevier
Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is a zoonosis and a chronic systemic disease of the
dog caused by a protozoan by the species Leishmania infantum in the Old World and …

Comparative study of rK39 Leishmania antigen for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis: systematic review with meta-analysis

Z Maia, M Lírio, S Mistro, CMC Mendes… - PLoS neglected …, 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
Background The rK39 recombinant protein is derived from a specific antigen produced by
the Leishmania donovani complex, and has been used in the last two decades for the …