"Leishmaniasis, Visceral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A chronic disease caused by LEISHMANIA DONOVANI and transmitted by the bite of several sandflies of the genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia. It is commonly characterized by fever, chills, vomiting, anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, leukopenia, hypergammaglobulinemia, emaciation, and an earth-gray color of the skin. The disease is classified into three main types according to geographic distribution: Indian, Mediterranean (or infantile), and African.
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Leishmaniasis, Visceral".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Leishmaniasis, Visceral" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Leishmaniasis, Visceral" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmaniasis, Visceral" by people in Profiles.
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Effectiveness of insecticide-impregnated collars for the control of canine visceral leishmaniasis. Prev Vet Med. 2020 Sep; 182:105104.
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Trans-Atlantic Spill Over: Deconstructing the Ecological Adaptation of Leishmania infantum in the Americas. Genes (Basel). 2019 12 19; 11(1).
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A multicentric evaluation of dipstick test for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Ethiopia and Spain. Sci Rep. 2019 07 09; 9(1):9932.
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In silico and in vitro comparative activity of green tea components against Leishmania infantum. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2019 09; 18:187-194.
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Genomic insights into virulence mechanisms of Leishmania donovani: evidence from an atypical strain. BMC Genomics. 2018 Nov 28; 19(1):843.
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PDL-1 Blockade Prevents T Cell Exhaustion, Inhibits Autophagy, and Promotes Clearance of Leishmania donovani. Infect Immun. 2018 06; 86(6).
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Leishmaniasis: current challenges and prospects for elimination with special focus on the South Asian region. Parasitology. 2018 04; 145(4):425-429.
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New Vaccine Formulations Containing a Modified Version of the Amastigote 2 Antigen and the Non-Virulent Trypanosoma cruzi CL-14 Strain Are Highly Antigenic and Protective against Leishmania infantum Challenge. Front Immunol. 2018; 9:465.
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Evidence for Seroprevalence in Human Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka. Biomed Res Int. 2018; 2018:9320367.
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Efficacy, Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of Thermotherapy in the Treatment of Leishmania donovani-Induced Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Oct; 97(4):1120-1126.