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The burden of Leishmania chagasi infection during an urban outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil
Guilherme Loureiro Werneck,Luis Cezar Rodrigues,Marcelo Volpon Santos,I. B. Araújo,L. S. Moura,S. S. Lima,Regis Gomes,James H. Maguire,Cristiane Costa,Cristiane Costa +9 more
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The prevalence of infection with Leishmania chagasi in Teresina at the end of the second outbreak is described and the number of people who became infected during the epidemic is estimated to be over 320000.About:
This article is published in Acta Tropica.The article was published on 2002-07-01. It has received 67 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Leishmania chagasi & Outbreak.read more
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Guidelines for prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults and adolescents: recommendations from CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
TL;DR: The most recent version of the guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections (OI) in HIV-infected adults and adolescents was published in 2002 and 2004, respectively as mentioned in this paper.
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Control of visceral leishmaniasis in latin america-a systematic review.
TL;DR: Elimination of zoonotic VL in the Americas does not seem a realistic goal at this point given the lack of political commitment, gaps in scientific knowledge, and the weakness of case management and surveillance systems.
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Guidelines for prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults and adolescents
Jonathan E. Kaplan,Constance A. Benson,King K. Holmes,John T. Brooks,Alice Pau PharmD,Henry Masur +5 more
TL;DR: This report updates and combines earlier versions of guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults and adolescents and adds malaria to the list of OIs that might be acquired during international travel.
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Importance of worldwide asymptomatic carriers of Leishmania infantum (L. chagasi) in human.
TL;DR: The consequences of the presence of asymptomatic carriers on parasite transmission by blood donation or the development of clinical visceral leishmaniasis in immunocompromised individuals and its possible role as reservoir are discussed.
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Re-emergence of leishmaniasis in Spain: community outbreak in Madrid, Spain, 2009 to 2012
A. Arce,A. Estirado,María Ordobás,S. Sevilla,Nerea García,L Moratilla,S. De la Fuente,Antonio Martínez,Ana Beatriz Alvarez Perez,E Aránguez,A. Iriso,O. Sevillano,Juan A. Bernal,F. Vilas +13 more
TL;DR: The discovery of the new reservoir stands out in the multifactorial aetiology of the outbreak of leishmaniasis in the south-west area of the Madrid autonomous community, Spain, affecting residents from four towns that are geographically close together and share extensive park areas.
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New Perspectives on a Subclinical Form of Visceral Leishmaniasis
Roberto Badaró,T. C. Jones,Edgar M. Carvalho,Diana P. Sampaio,Steven G. Reed,Aldina Barral,R. Teixeira,Warren D. Johnson +7 more
TL;DR: During an epidemiological study of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic region of Brazil, new perspectives emerged on a subclinical form of the disease, where a group of 86 children with antibody to Leishmania were identified.
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A Prospective Study of Visceral Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area of Brazil
Roberto Badaró,T. C. Jones,Rosemarie Lorenço,B. J. Cerf,Diana P. Sampaio,Edgar M. Carvalho,Heonir Rocha,R. Teixeira,Warren D. Johnson +8 more
TL;DR: The epidemiology, clinical patterns, and risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis were prospectively studied in an endemic area of Brazil and found that early diagnosis and therapy altered clinical patterns of the disease.
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Tegumentary and visceral leishmaniases in Brazil: emerging anthropozoonosis and possibilities for their control
TL;DR: Successful control of leishmaniases in Brazil requires work with human communities, involving education, provision of information, health promotion, and participation of these communities in the planning, development, and maintenance of control programs.
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Control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis: Is it time to change strategies?
TL;DR: Prevention of the disease in dogs appears to be the best approach for interrupting the domestic cycle of ZVL and the most feasible approach would seem to be a canine vaccine that protects dogs from developing parasitemia and from becoming peridomestic reservoirs of the parasite.