| [kala-azar; clinical and physiopathological study a propos of a new case studied in switzerland]. | kala-azar, a parasitic disease caused by leishmania donovani, is usually found in tropical areas but may occasionally occur in other regions such as the mediterranean. a case of kala-azar in a women who had been on a holiday in greece is reported. the parasite was demonstrated in lymph node biopsies and bone marrow smears and treatment with stibogluconate was begun. high levels of circulating immune complexes were demonstrable before and during the demonstration of parasites; the immune complexe ... | 1979 | 219473 |
| first evidence of leishmania infection in european brown hare (lepus europaeus) in greece: gis analysis and phylogenetic position within the leishmania spp. | although the existence of a sylvatic transmission cycle of leishmania spp., independent from the domestic cycle, has been proposed, data are scarce on leishmania infection in wild mammals in greece. in this study, we aimed to investigate the presence of leishmania infection in the european brown hare in greece, to infer the phylogenetic position of the leishmania parasites detected in hares in greece, and to identify any possible correlation between leishmania infection in hares with environment ... | 2016 | 26386969 |
| molecular diagnosis of leishmaniosis in dogs. comparative application of traditional diagnostic methods and the proposed assay on clinical samples. | leishmaniosis is a zoonotic, parasitic disease caused by members of the genus leishmania. the disadvantages of the traditional methods have currently rendered the polymerase chain reaction (pcr), the most reliable alternative for the laboratory diagnosis of this disease. several relevant protocols have been described in the past but their application is in most cases limited to research use. the latter combined with the diagnostic problems that can be caused by the genetic variability of the dif ... | 2003 | 12695035 |