"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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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2018 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 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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Modelling the impact of COVID-19-related programme interruptions on visceral leishmaniasis in India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 03 06; 115(3):229-235.
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Should an intersection between visceral leishmaniasis endemicity and the COVID-19 pandemic be considered? Med Hypotheses. 2020 Nov; 144:110289.
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Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Children: A 6-year Study from an Iranian Referral Hospital. Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2020; 20(4):461-466.
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[Pancytopenia of unknown origin in a 52-year-old patient]. Internist (Berl). 2019 Aug; 60(8):867-870.
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Spatio-temporal modelling of Leishmania infantum infection among domestic dogs: a simulation study and sensitivity analysis applied to rural Brazil. Parasit Vectors. 2019 May 07; 12(1):215.
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Prevalence of HIV and associated factors among visceral leishmaniasis cases in an endemic area of Northeast Brazil. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2019 Mar 18; 52:e20180257.
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Visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus from Colombia, Latin America. Infez Med. 2019 Mar 01; 27(1):106-108.
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Focal spleen lesions in visceral leishmaniasis, a neglected manifestation of a neglected disease: report of three cases and systematic review of literature. Infection. 2019 Aug; 47(4):507-518.
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Visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with lung tumour: a case report. Trop Doct. 2019 Apr; 49(2):147-149.
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Barriers of Visceral Leishmaniasis reporting and surveillance in Nepal: comparison of governmental VL-program districts with non-program districts. Trop Med Int Health. 2019 02; 24(2):192-204.