Recurrent kala-azar: report of two cured cases after total splenectomy

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Luis Gustavo Cavalcante Reinaldo, Raimundo José Cunha Araújo Júnior, Thiago Melo Diniz, Rafael de Deus Moura, Dorcas Lamounier Costa, Kelsen Dantas Eulálio, Carlos Henrique Nery Costa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
• Subjects: kala-azar; splenectomy; visceral leishmaniasis; hypersplenism; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Azar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202062031; https://doaj.org/article/4762cca10554435b9e0ac4802e125bc1

ABSTRACT In Latin America, the causative agent of kala-azar is the intracellular protozoan Leishmania infantum. Most cases in South America are reported in Brazil. Worldwide, it mainly affects Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, South Sudan and Sudan. Despite the high morbidity and lethality of kala-azar,...