background: visceral leishmaniasis is systematic serous parasitic disease with pub­lic health importance. zoonotic form of visceral leishmaniasis is wide spread in mediterranean basin and south america regions. direct agglutination test (dat) is an accurate, reliable and non-expensive serological test for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in human and canines but the antigen preparation i...

Leishmaniasias is a complex of diseases caused by intracellular protozoan parasites that belong to the genus Leishmania (class: Kinetoplastida; order: Trypanosomatidae), for which there are more than 20 different species, and is transmitted by the bite of female phlebotomine sand flies (order: Diptera; family: Psychodidae; subfamily: Phlebotominae). Various species of phlebot‐ omine sand flies ...

et al. Quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based assay as a new molecular tool for the detection and quantifi cation of Leish-mania parasites in skin biopsies.ther observations on clinical, histopatho-logical, and immunological features of borderline disseminated cutaneous leish-maniasis caused by Leishmania (Leish-mania) amazonensis. leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Leish-mania) amazonensis in ...

A pentavalent antimony compound (Sdt. 561, solustibosan, antimony-v-hexonate, containing 20 mg. of antimony per c.cm. of solution) , that made a stable solution and could be given intramuscularly, was first introduced b) Prof. H. Schmidt, the pioneer worker on pent*1' valent antimony compounds. Kikuth and Schmidt (1938) found that this compound possessed a marked curative action in the le*,' ma...

cal distribution and epidemiological features of Old World cutaneous leish-maniasis foci, based on the isoenzyme analysis of 1048 strains. The first isoenzy-matic characterizations of the Leishmania strains responsible for cutaneous leishmani-asis in the area of Annaba (Eastern Algeria) a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay for Leish-mania major/Leishmania k...

Leishmaniasis is not a single disease; rather, it is a collection of diseases caused by several different species of Leishmania, each of which has its own potential to cause a characteristic set of symptoms in man. No reliable estimates of the incidence and prevalence of leishmaniasis exist. It has been estimated that there are 400 000 new cases of leishmaniasis every year,' but the importance ...

Streptococcus suis serotypes characterized by analysis of chaperonin 60 gene sequences. Use of polyvalent coagglutination re-agents for serotyping of Streptococcus suis. 14 new capsular types of Streptococcus suis. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania killicki, Algeria To the Editor: Cutaneous leish-maniasis (CL) is a widespread and resurging vector-borne disease caused by a protozoan p...

Sir, In the case of American cutaneous leishmaniasis, the risk of serious morbidity from cutaneous and mucocutaneous forms requires highly effective parenteral therapy. Pentavalent antimony compounds have been the mainstay of antileish-manial therapy for half a century. However, despite high effectiveness, these drugs require long duration regimens and cause frequent and serious toxic effects. ...

To the Editor: Recent reports from Afghanistan have focused on the current status of war-and refugee-related anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL), caused by Leishmania tropica, in Kabul City, refugee camps, and Fayzabad City (Badakhshan Province) (1–4). In central Asia, ACL is transmitted mainly by the sandfly Phlebotomus sergenti in urban or peri-urban environments (5). Zoonotic cutaneo...