Publications
| [kala azar - lethal course of visceral leishmaniasis. synchronous infection with leishmania donovani/infantum complex and leishmania major in a patient after mediterranean vacation]. | infections with leishmania spp. are endemic in areas of the tropics and subtropics. an increased incidence of human infections has been reported in southern europe, where zoonotic leishmaniasis is common. the systemic, visceral infection is caused by the leishmania donovani/infantum complex and may be fatal when untreated. | 2012 | 23064668 |
| specific k39 antibody response and its persistence after treatment in patients with imported leishmaniasis. | the sensitivity of a k39 elisa (leishmania igg, virion/serion) for the detection of antibodies in patients with imported leishmaniasis was compared with an immunofluorescence assay (ifa), which was applied as "golden standard". the retrospective study comprised 93 ifa-positive or borderline sera from 42 patients with visceral (n = 16) or cutaneous (n = 26) leishmaniasis. patients had acquired infection predominately in the mediterranean area or the middle east. the leishmania species (leishmania ... | 2016 | 26508007 |