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Visceral leishmaniasis in Balochistan by Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar, Nasimullah, Mohammad

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Exploring spatial and temporal patterns of visceral leishmaniasis in endemic areas of Bangladesh by Dewan, Ashraf, Abdullah, A., Shogib, M., Karim, R., Rahman, M.

“…Background: Visceral leishmaniasis is a considerable public health burden on the Indian subcontinent. …”
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GIS-based risk map analysis of Leishmaniasis disease in Isfahan, Iran by Amoli, Golnush Masghati

“…Prediction of Leishmaniasis risk based on socio-environmental factors and its possible spatial relationships is investigated in a Leishmaniasis endemic area of Isfahan, Iran. …”
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Multi-modal Analysis of Courtship Behaviour in the Old World Leishmaniasis Vector Phlebotomus argentipes by Bray, Daniel P., Khatijah, Yaman, Underhilll, Beryl A., Mitchell, Fraser, Carter, Victoria, Hamilton, James G.C.

“…Background The sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes is arguably the most important vector of leishmaniasis worldwide. As there is no vaccine against the parasites that cause leishmaniasis, disease prevention focuses on control of the insect vector. …”
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Environmental factors associated with the distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in endemic areas of Bangladesh: Modeling the ecological niche by Abdullah, A., Dewan, Ashraf, Shogib, M., Rahman, M., Hossain, M.

“…Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic infection (also called kala-azar in South Asia) caused by Leishmania donovani that is a considerable threat to public health in the Indian subcontinent, including densely populated Bangladesh. …”
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A Study on the Potential of Active Constituent from Senna spectabilis in Treating Leishmania major Infection by IFNM, Institut Farmaseutikal & Nutraseutikal Malaysia

“…Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) are the main forms of Leishmaniasis which cause mortality, chronic disability and poverty. …”
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Evaluation of permeability and bioavailability of a lead antileishmanial compound buparvaquone in animal models [RS1-441]. by Gantala Venkatesh, Gantala Venkatesh

“…Leishmaniasis merupakan suatu kumpulan penyakit parasit yang disebabkan oleh genus Leishmania yang kini adalah endemik di lapan puluh lapan negara. …”
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Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Anti-Parasitic Compounds by Gallagher, Ashlee

“…The scaffold also showed promise for both Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis, warranting further investigation.…”
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Alterations in the endothelial cells of the blood-brain barrier in cerebral malaria by Mohd Nasir, Mohd Hamzah, Borah, Bitumani, Sidaway, Adam, Stins, Monique F, Chakravorty, Srabasti J

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Understanding the immune responses in granuloma formation through agent-based simulation by Al Haek, Mohammed, Ismail , Amelia Ritahani

“…Granuloma appears in diseases such as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Visceral Leishmaniasis. Although granuloma is a host-defense mechanism for containing bacteria, it also contribute to early bacterial growth and shelters the bacteria thus they can spread later and it might be harmful.…”
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The Application of Biomedical Engineering Techniques to the Diagnosis and Management of Tropical Diseases: A Review by Ibrahim, Fatimah, Thio, Tzer Hwai Gilbert, Faisal, Tarig, Neuman, Michael

“…This paper reviews a number of biomedical engineering approaches to help aid in the detection and treatment of tropical diseases such as dengue, malaria, cholera, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, ebola, leprosy, leishmaniasis, and American trypanosomiasis (Chagas). …”
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Formulation Of Liposomes As A Drug Carrier For Buparvaquone by Narianan, Shailaja

“…Kajian ini merangkumi penyediaan liposom sebagai pembawa drug buparvaquone yang merupakan ubat bagi rawatan penyakit leishmaniasis. Kajian awal bertumpu untuk menggantikan penggunaan klorofom dengan etanol sebagai pelarut lipid. …”
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Optimisation Of In Vitro Intracellular Antileishmanial Assay And Evaluation Of Senna Spectabilis (DC.) H. S. Irwin Barneby Methanolic Leaf Extract And Its Constituents Against Leis... by Sain, Amyra Amat

“…Leishmaniasis affects millions of people each year. Alternative approaches are needed because majority of those infected live in countries which could not afford financially in marketdriven dmg discovery. …”
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Amphotericin B resistance in Leishmania mexicana: alterations to sterol metabolism and oxidative stress response by Alpizar-Sosa, Edubiel A., Ithnin, Nur Raihana, Wenbin, Wei, Pountain, Andrew W., Weidt, Stefan K., Donachie, Anne M., Ritchie, Ryan, Dickie, Emily A., Burchmore, Richard J. S., Denny, Paul W., Barrett, Michael P.

“…Amphotericin B is increasingly used in treatment of leishmaniasis. Here, fourteen independent lines of Leishmania mexicana and one L. infantum line were selected for resistance to either amphotericin B or the related polyene antimicrobial, nystatin. …”
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Neglected tropical diseases in Yemen: a systematic review of epidemiology and public health challenges by Ahmed Alhothily, Ibrahim Ahmed, Dapari, Rahmat, Che Dom, Nazri

“…Schistosomiasis and ascariasis were the most reported helminth infections, whereas leishmaniasis and malaria were the leading protozoal NTDs. …”
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Kala-azar victims in Bangladesh: their socio-cultural background and environmental surroundings by Karim, A.H.M Zehadul

“…Kala-azar1 or viscereal leishmaniasis is a major vector-borne disease infected by parasites of the genus leishmania, which is transmitted to human body through bite of a female phlebotomine sandfly. …”
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Phosphoregulation of divergent cell division in Protozoan parasites by Brusini, Lorenzo

“…Here, I present work on the phosphoregulation of cell division in two significant groups of parasites – the Apicomplexa, which include the causative agent of malaria, and Kinetoplastida, which cause sleeping sickness and Leishmaniasis. In Plasmodium, I show that the gene encoding a CDK-related kinase Crk5 is required, but not essential, for blood-stages of P. berghei, and that deletion of the gene creates a defect in cell proliferation. …”
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Gastrointestinal mucoadhesion, absorption and biodistribution of orally administered chitosan-coated amphotericin B nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) formulation by Tan, Janet Sui Ling

“…The ChiAmpB NLC formulation presents potentially a lower risk of nephrotoxicity with higher accumulation in the liver and spleen thus, the limitations of the current formulation of AmpB have not only been addressed but also opens up the possibility of utilising this approach as a targeting strategy to the desired organs for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis disease.…”
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Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: Quantifying the... by GBD 2013 DALYs and HALE Collaborators, Miller, Ted

“…From 2005 to 2013, the number of DALYs increased for most specific non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases and neoplasms, in addition to dengue, food-borne trematodes, and leishmaniasis; DALYs decreased for nearly all other causes. …”
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