"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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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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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Curative efficacy of purified serine protease inhibitor PTF3 from potato tuber in experimental visceral leishmaniasis. Int Immunopharmacol. 2020 Aug; 85:106623.
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Serine protease inhibitors rich Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt leaf extract induces protective immune responses in murine visceral leishmaniasis. Biomed Pharmacother. 2019 Mar; 111:224-235.
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Protective inflammatory response against visceral leishmaniasis with potato tuber extract: A new approach of successful therapy. Biomed Pharmacother. 2016 Oct; 83:1295-1302.
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Targeting Ergosterol biosynthesis in Leishmania donovani: essentiality of sterol 14 alpha-demethylase. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Mar; 9(3):e0003588.
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Genetic analysis of Leishmania donovani tropism using a naturally attenuated cutaneous strain. PLoS Pathog. 2014 Jul; 10(7):e1004244.
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Heterologous priming-boosting with DNA and vaccinia virus expressing kinetoplastid membrane protein-11 induces potent cellular immune response and confers protection against infection with antimony resistant and sensitive strains of Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani. Vaccine. 2013 Apr 08; 31(15):1905-15.
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Determinants for the development of visceral leishmaniasis disease. PLoS Pathog. 2013 Jan; 9(1):e1003053.
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Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic test for diagnosis of kala-azar & post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis at a tertiary care centre of north India. Indian J Med Res. 2005 Dec; 122(6):485-90.
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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.