| evaluation of pcr procedures for detecting and quantifying leishmania donovani dna in large numbers of dried human blood samples from a visceral leishmaniasis focus in northern ethiopia. | visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is a disseminated protozoan infection caused by leishmania donovani parasites which affects almost half a million persons annually. most of these are from the indian sub-continent, east africa and brazil. our study was designed to elucidate the role of symptomatic and asymptomatic leishmania donovani infected persons in the epidemiology of vl in northern ethiopia. | 2013 | 23530965 |
| use of leishmania major derived leishmanin for skin test surveys of visceral leishmaniasis in ethiopia. | the potential use of leishmania major derived leishmanin in surveys of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) was examined. the study was conducted in konso sub-district, southwest ethiopia involving 51 vl patients, 18 vl contacts, four localised cutaneous leishmaniasis (lcl) cases and 15 healthy controls. sixty three percent of treated vl patients, 44.4% of vl contacts, all of lcl cases and none of untreated vl patients were positive to the test. leishmanin skin test (lst) induration sizes of 41 treated v ... | 1997 | 9145577 |
| phlebotomus (phlebotomus) duboscqi (diptera: phlebotominae), naturally infected with leishmania major in southern ethiopia. | in a survey of leishmania infections in phlebotomine sandflies in visceral leishmaniasis focus at aba roba, segen valley, southern ethiopia, phlebotomus duboscqi was found naturally infected with l. major (zymodeme mon-74). this is the first isolation of l. major from a vector sandfly in ethiopia, from an area where human and/or rodent infections with l. major are, so far, unknown. | 1993 | 8465376 |
| in vivo evaluation of immune responses in leishmaniasis: the use of cross-species leishmanin preparations for skin testing. | skin test reactivity to two commercial preparations of leishmania major leishmanin was evaluated in leishmaniasis patents from ethiopia (l. aethiopica) and nicaragua (probably l. braziliensis complex). the purpose of using different preparations of l. major was to evaluate whether l. major skin test antigens could generally be used to detect leishmaniasis due to l. aethiopica and l. braziliensis. one preparation was superior in identifying the majority (83-90%) of confirmed cases of local cutane ... | 1995 | 7625529 |
| natural infection of bats with leishmania in ethiopia. | the leishmaniases, a group of diseases with a worldwide-distribution, are caused by different species of leishmania parasites. both cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis remain important public health problems in ethiopia. epidemiological cycles of these protozoans involve various sand fly (diptera: psychodidae) vectors and mammalian hosts, including humans. in recent years, leishmania infections in bats have been reported in the new world countries endemic to leishmaniasis. the aim of this study ... | 2015 | 26232657 |