Showing papers on "Visceral leishmaniasis published in 1974"

Studies on mediterranean leishmaniasis 2. Asymptomatic cases of visceral leishmaniasis

Abstract: Serological screening of the population during an outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Emilia-Romagna region (Northern Italy) in 1971–1972 showed 6 individuals to have high titres of complement fixing antibody to BCG antigen, multiple hepatic epithehoid granulomata (with the presence of intracellular leishmania in one) and subsequent reaction to leishmanin. All individuals were asymptomatic with the exception of one in whom there was slight splenic enlargement.

Studies on mediterranean Leishmaniasis. I. An outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis in Northern Italy.

Abstract: Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data are reported on the outbreak of human visceral leishmaniasis in Emilia-Romagna in 1971–1972 which affected 60 individuals (42 adults and 18 children) with 13 deaths. A serological mass screening of 2,485 people in the area revealed the occurrence of 91 serum positive cases. Liver biopsy was carried out in 6 of these cases and revealed a peculiar form of granulomatous hepatitis which in 1 was accompanied by the presence of Leishmaniae. Some hypotheses are suggested on the possible causes of this outbreak.

The subgenus Larroussius of Phlebotomus (Diptera, Psychodidae) in the Ethiopian region.

Abstract: The subgenus Larroussius of Phlebotomus includes several vectors of visceral leishmaniasis. A key is given for the tropical African species, three of which are described for the first time. Notes on the species include a discussion of the status of P. langeroni orientalis Parrot, one of the three species from the Ethiopian Region known to transmit leishmaniasis.