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Division Of Parasitic Diseases - Leishmania Infection
Reports Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Emerging Infectious Diseases. From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/leishmania/default.htm

Extractions: (Leishmaniasis Leishmaniasis Leishmaniasis Leishmaniasis Two Cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis in U.S. Military Personnel - Afghanistan, 2002 2004 (April 2, 2004 / 53(12);265-268) Update: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in U.S. Military Personnel - Southwest/Central Asia, 2002 2004 (April 2, 2004 / 53(12);264-265) Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in U.S. Military Personnel - Southwest/Central Asia, 2002 2003 (October 24, 2003 / 52(42);1009-1012) Global Disease Elimination and Eradication as Public Health Strategies (December 31, 1999 / Vol. 48 / Supplement) Unexplained Illness Among Persian Gulf War Veterans in an Air National Guard Unit: Preliminary Report August 1990-March 1995 (June 16, 1995 / 44(23);443-447) Viscerotropic Leishmaniasis in Persons Returning from Operation Desert Storm 1990 - 1991 (February 28, 1992 / 41(08);131-134) Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Ohio (August 23, 1985 / 34(33);515-6)
Moved Â Yellow Book: Diseases: Leishmaniasis | CDC Travelers' Health
Health information for international travel. From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/leishmaniasis.htm

Extractions: Home About CDC Press Room Funding ... Contact Us Search: Travelers' Health Travelers' Health Home Yellow Book The page "Leishmaniasis" has been moved. Please click here to go to the current page. Date: June 21, 2005 Content Source: National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine Travelers' Health Automated Information Line
V I S C E R A L __ L E I S H M A N I A S I S
A description of the cellular changes is given, as well as a photograph gallery.
http://www.geocities.com/donovanivl/
EMedicine - Leishmaniasis : Article By John Halpern, DO, FACEP
leishmaniasis Protozoa of the Leishmania species cause leishmaniasis. Their life cycle involves an insect vector (ie, a different species of sandflies)
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic296.htm

Extractions: (advertisement) Home Specialties Resource Centers CME ... Patient Education Articles Images CME Patient Education Advanced Search Consumer Health Link to this site Back to: eMedicine Specialties Emergency Medicine Infectious Diseases Last Updated: September 25, 2001 Rate this Article Email to a Colleague Synonyms and related keywords: cutaneous leishmaniasis, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, visceral leishmaniasis, Leishmania tropica mexicana, Leishmania tropica, Leishmania major, Leishmania aethiopica, Leishmania braziliensis, Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 11 Author Information Introduction Clinical Differentials ... Bibliography
Leishmaniasis. The UNICEF-UNDP-World Bank-WHO Special Programme For Research And
Update, project reports, highlights, progress, publications, workplans and research grants, resources. From WHO/TDR (World Health Organization/Tropical
http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases/leish/default.htm

Extractions: Leishmania parasites are named after W.B. Leishman, who developed one of the earliest stains of Leishmania in 1901. Widespread in 22 countries in the New World and in 66 nations in the Old World, leishmaniasis is not found in South-east Asia. Human infections are found in 16 countries in Europe, including France, Italy, Greece, Malta, Spain and Portugal. Occurring in several forms, the disease is generally recognized for its cutaneous form which causes non-fatal, disfiguring lesions, although epidemics of the potentially fatal visceral form cause thousands of deaths. Pledge to Eliminate Kala-azar in the South-East Asia Region. Click here for more. TDRnews special feature: miltefosine
Leishmania Donovani
Slides of L.donovani and L.mexicana. From Atlas of Medical Parasitology (Italy).
http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/lei1.htm
Index Of /emc/diseases/leish
Disease situation, disease control activity, more information about the disease, links. From Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR).
http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/leish/
Canine Interferon-gamma As An Adjuvant In Immunisation Of Dogs With Leishmania C
Immunization using interferongamma as an adjuvant.
http://www.stw.nl/projecten/U/udg3703.html

Extractions: Canine interferon-gamma as an adjuvant in immunisation of dogs with Leishmania crude antigens (UDG.3703). Protective immunity to several infectious agents, including Schistosoma mansoni, Toxoplasma gondii, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium leprae, measles virus and HIV has been shown to be mediated by Thl cells that secrete interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and other cytokines contributing to cell mediated effector mechanisms resulting in the elimination of the invading organism. In murine models the association between resistance to cutaneous leishmaniasis and the activation of Thl cells producing cytokines such as IFN-gamma, and IL(interleukin)-2 has been documented. In contrast, susceptibility to Leishmania infection is associated with activation of Th2 cells secreting IL-4 and IL-10 which results in failure to activate macrophages, leading to disease progression.
MedlinePlus: Leishmaniasis
leishmaniasis. Research; Component of Fly Saliva Makes Promising leishmaniasis Vaccine Information from the Medical Encyclopedia; leishmaniasis
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leishmaniasis.html

Extractions: Also available in: Spanish Leishmaniasis (World Health Organization) Diagnosis/Symptoms Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases) Leishmaniasis Diagnostic Services (Dept. of Defense, Deployment Health Clinical Center) - Links to PDF Related Issues Leishmaniasis: Information for Service Members (Dept. of Defense, Deployment Health Clinical Center) - Links to PDF Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Leishmaniasis
Leishmaniasis, Canine
From Oklahoma State, Veterinary Parasitology 5333.
http://www.cvm.okstate.edu/instruction/kocan/vpar5333/5333iig.htm

Extractions: Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease of people and wild and domestic animals throughout temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of the world. Old World Leishmania donovani complex- Causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis in Africa, India, South America and Mediterranean countries. Transmitted by sand flies ( Phlebotomus spp Leishmania tropica complex Causative agent of cutanious leishmaniasis in Asia, west Africa and Mediterranean countries. Sandfly transmitted. New World Leishmania braziliensis complex. Parasites in this group produce cutanious lesions or mucocutanious lesions. I is most common in Central and South America with some reportings in U.S. There may be numerous wildlife reservoirs. The cutanious form of the disease, usually manifested by single ulcerated lesions on the ears is most common. Knowledge of leishmaniasis is important to the clinician since infections can cause clinical disease in dogs and cats and because these animals are reservoirs for the organism in some locations. In the Americas, parasites of the
Diagnosis
Summary information plus clickable slides, references and world maps. From Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology.
http://www.icp.ucl.ac.be/~opperd/parasites/leish1.htm

Extractions: The leishmaniases is a group of diseases caused by protozoan haemoflagelates of the genus Leishmania. These protists belong to the family of the Trypanosomatidae (order Kinetoplastida) and are closely related to the trypanosomes. The disease is tranmitted by female sandflies ( Phlebotomus or Lutzomya ) that feed on the blood of an animal or human host. Leishmaniasis is a zoonosis . It affects mainly sylvatic animals such as rodents and opossums and domestic animals such as dogs. The disease is prevalent in most tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world, such as East and South-East Asia, the Middle Esat, North and East Africa, the south of Europe (the Mediterranian basin) and Central and South America. The disease occurs in three different manifestations depending on the region where it occurs and on the parasite: ( Click here for the World maps of leishmaniases, 22k The different manifestations of Leishmaniasis Type of leishmaniasis Species Visceral Leishmania donovani Cutaneous Oriental sore,
DPDx - Leishmaniasis
US government site includes causal agent, life cycle, geographic distribution, clinical features, laboratory diagnosis and features.
http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Leishmaniasis.htm
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Information about the disease, including its status in Palestine. Includes research topics, links, protocols, publications and photos.
http://www.alquds.edu/leishmania/
Case Report-Leishmaniasis
Treatment (Israel).
http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/leis_cr.htm
Medmicro Chapter 82
Information on Cutaneous, Mucocutaneous, and Visceral types. From University of Texas Medical Branch, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology, 'Hemoflagellates'.
http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch082.htm

Extractions: Symptoms of acute disease may include fever, local or general edema, lymphadenopathy, tachycardia, heart enlargement, and myocarditis. Heart alterations and, occasionally, megaesophagus or megacolon may appear as late sequelae. Typical, small trypomastigotes are found in peripheral blood and intracellular amastigotes in tissues. Strains of Trypanosoma cruzi are differentiated by isoenzyme patterns and DNA sequencing. No antigenic variation is observed. Intracellular amastigotes divide to form pseudocysts, which release nondividing trypomastigotes into the blood. Trypomastigotes ingested by a vector bug transform in the insect intestine into epimastigotes, which reproduce to form infective metacyclic trypomastigotes, which are expelled in feces and enter a new host through skin abrasions. Inflammatory reactions around pseudocysts lead to myocarditis and destruction of parasympathetic ganglia (mainly of the heart and myenteric plexus). An autoimmune reaction may develop.
Vlhp
From University of East London, B.Sc Microbiology course project.
http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/D.P.Humber/akhter/vlhp.htm

Extractions: Visceral Leishmaniasis These pages are created by Masoud Akhtar for submission in partial fulfilment of the final year B.Sc Microbiology course at the university of East London under the supervision of Dr. David Humber. Contents (c) Masoud Akhtar, University of East London, Romford Road, London, E15 4LZ. E-mail any comments to M. Akhtar: AKH4002M@UEL.AC. UK
Moved - Yellow Book Diseases Leishmaniasis CDC Travelers'
Travelers' Health Home Yellow Book. The page "leishmaniasis" has been moved. Please click here to go to the current page. Date June 21, 2005
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Division Of Parasitic Diseases - Leishmania Infection Fact Sheet
Leishmania Infection (leishmaniasis)
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DPDx - Leishmaniasis
Causal Agent leishmaniasis is a vectorborne disease that is transmitted by sandflies and caused by obligate intracellular protozoa of the
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Leishmania Sp. (leishmaniasis)
Leishmania spp. (leishmaniasis) Members of the genus Leishmania infect many A cutaneous leishmaniasis lesion on the arm.
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