Jason L. Weirather, Selma M. B. Jerônimo, Shalini Gautam, Shyam Sundar et al.
The Leishmania species cause a variety of human disease syndromes. Methods for diagnosis and species differentiation are insensitive and many require invasive sampling. Although quantitative PCR (qPCR) methods are reported for leishmania detection, no systematic method to quantify parasites and dete...
Jenefer M. Blackwell, Michaela Fakiola, Muntaser E. Ibrahim, Sarra E. Jamieson et al.
Ninety per cent of the 500,000 annual new cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) occur in India/Bangladesh/Nepal, Sudan and Brazil. Importantly, 80-90% of human infections are sub-clinical or asymptomatic, usually associated with strong cell-mediated immunity. Understanding the environmental and genet...
Bruna Leal Lima Maciel, Joanna Gardel Valverde, João Firmino Rodrigues-Neto, Francisco Paulo Freire‐Neto et al.
Vitamin A supplementation has shown to prevent mortality by diarrheal and respiratory diseases in several countries. Nevertheless, there are few studies investigating the effect of vitamin A in visceral leishmaniasis (VL), although there are reports of its deficiency in children with symptomatic VL ...