"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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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmaniasis, Visceral" by people in Profiles.
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Visceral Leishmaniasis and Brucellosis: Two Other Important Granulomatous Diseases of the Abdomen and Pelvis. Radiographics. 2021 Sep-Oct; 41(5):E163.
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PDL-1 Blockade Prevents T Cell Exhaustion, Inhibits Autophagy, and Promotes Clearance of Leishmania donovani. Infect Immun. 2018 06; 86(6).
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Morphological findings in bone marrow biopsy and aspirate smears of visceral Kala Azar: a review. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2010 Jan-Mar; 53(1):96-100.
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Infection pattern and immune response in the spleen and liver of BALB/c mice intracardially infected with Leishmania donovani amastigotes. Immunol Lett. 2003 Apr 03; 86(2):131-8.
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Occurrence of sibling species of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Venezuela: first evidence from reproductively isolated sympatric populations. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999 Dec; 61(6):1004-9.
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In vitro study of the anti-leishmanial activity of biodegradable nanoparticles. J Drug Target. 1995; 3(1):23-9.