Titlebook: Kala Azar in South Asia; Current Status and C T.K. Jha,E. Noiri Book Jan 20111st edition Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 Biomarke

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Geographical Distribution of Kala-Azar in South Asiaitted by the sandfly .. Leishmaniasis is found in about 88 countries, where 350 million people are believed to be at risk. About 500,000 cases of VL occur annually, mostly affecting countries in the tropics and subtropics. More than 90% of the world’s cases of VL occur in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, S

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Diagnosis and Treatment of Kala-Azar and Post-kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis recombinant antigen, the rK39 dipstick test. The clinical symptoms are characterized by prolonged and irregular fever often associated with chills and rigor, splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, pancytopenia, progressive anemia, and weight loss. Kala-azar is almost always fatal if left untr

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Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Kala-Azar in India and Neighboring Countriesne treatment for kala-azar on the Indian subcontinent for more than 70 years, with a cure rate of > 90%. However, in the 1970s and early 1980s this regimen failed to cure an appreciable percentage of kala-azar cases from the hyper endemic Indian state of Bihar. In 1982 and 1990, the World Health Org

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Challenges in the Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis on the Indian Subcontinentubcontinent – a group that has limited access to proper health care. Untreated, kala-azar is almost always fatal, and the drugs currently in use are toxic and/or expensive. Thus, confirmation of diagnosis before starting therapy is crucial. Early diagnosis and treatment are a key strategy of the rec

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The Potential of Urinary Tests in the Management of Kala-Azarss of diagnosing kala-azar has recently been simplified. The time-consuming pathological exam that was formerly needed has been replaced by a convenient blood test. But once treatment has begun, the monitoring of disease activity still relies on clinical findings and laboratory data in endemic areas