"Leishmaniasis, Visceral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A chronic disease caused by LEISHMANIA DONOVANI and transmitted by the bite of several sandflies of the genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia. It is commonly characterized by fever, chills, vomiting, anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, leukopenia, hypergammaglobulinemia, emaciation, and an earth-gray color of the skin. The disease is classified into three main types according to geographic distribution: Indian, Mediterranean (or infantile), and African.
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D007898
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.300.500.510
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmaniasis, Visceral" by people in Profiles.
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Integration of animal health and public health surveillance sources to exhaustively inform the risk of zoonosis: An application to visceral leishmaniasis data in Brazil. Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol. 2019 06; 29:177-185.
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Rapid immunochromatographic strip test for detection of anti-K39 immunoglobulin G antibodies for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2008 Sep; 15(9):1483-4.
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Gulf War symptoms remain puzzling. JAMA. 1992 Nov 18; 268(19):2619.
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Antithymocyte serum suppression of immunity in mice immunized to Leishmania donovani. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 1990 Jul-Aug; 20(4):263-7.
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Resistance against Leishmania donovani induced with an aluminum hydroxide vaccine. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 1988 Jan-Feb; 18(1):72-7.
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Leishmania donovani: immunization against infection as a function of parasite growth phase. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1986 Nov; 35(6):1117-20.
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Effect of hydroxyethyl starch (HES) in reducing parasite load in experimental visceral leishmaniasis. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 1986 Nov-Dec; 16(6):450-4.
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Adoptive transfer of vaccine-induced resistance to Leishmania donovani. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1985 Nov; 34(6):1095-7.
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The effect of BCG-vaccine upon experimental visceral leishmaniasis in hamsters. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 1984 Nov-Dec; 14(6):464-6.