Timeliness for visceral leishmaniasis detection in Albania
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Visceral leishmaniasis in children
Background and Objectives: Visceral leishmaniasis is a chronic disease in Africa and Asia, children under 5 years are affecting with L.infantum and older children and young adult with L.donovani Purpose of this study describes the characteristics of epidemiologic and clinicopathophysiologic and response to treatment of patient that affected in East Azarbaijan compared with other endemic areas ...
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BACKGROUND Little information is available about infantile visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Albania as regards incidence, diagnosis and management of the disease. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Demographic data, clinical and laboratory features and therapeutic findings were considered in children admitted to University Hospital of Tirana from 1995 to 2009, and diagnosed as having VL. The diagno...
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While fully agreeing with Mr Cudmore that orchidopexy at 2 years of age is a difficult procedure and that the majority of orchidopexies are carried out by general surgeons or, unfortunately, delegated to a junior member of the team, the clinical and experimental evidence supporting orchidopexy at around the age of 2 years is overwhelming. The optimal age for orchidopexy cited in the annotation ...
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a vector-borne parasitic disease targeting tissue macrophages. It is among the most neglected infectious diseases. Classical manifestations of VL include chronic fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia. Most cases can be detected through serologic and molecular testing. Although therapy has historically relied on antimonials, newer therapeutic options include ...
متن کاملVisceral Leishmaniasis
General Considerations The most common etiologic agents of VL are 3 species of the L. donovani complex: Leishmania donovani donovani and Leishmania donovani infantum in the Indian subcontinent, Africa, China, the Mediterranean littoral, and the Middle East; and Leishmania donovani chagasi in South America. (Hereafter, organisms will be identified only by genus and species; eg, L. donovani for L...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.11.146