Disease severity in patients with visceral leishmaniasis is not altered by co-infection with intestinal parasites.
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected tropical disease that affects the poorest communities and can cause substantial morbidity and mortality. Visceral leishmaniasis is characterized by the presence of Leishmania parasites in the spleen, liver and bone marrow, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia,...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:baeaf3ed0b6d4290a34c34a2b38f2ac5 2023-05-15T15:02:30+02:00 Disease severity in patients with visceral leishmaniasis is not altered by co-infection with intestinal parasites. Fitsumbrhan Tajebe Mulusew Getahun Emebet Adem Asrat Hailu Mulualem Lemma Helina Fikre John Raynes Aschalew Tamiru Zemenay Mulugeta Ermias Diro Frederic Toulza Ziv Shkedy Tadesse Ayele Manuel Modolell Markus Munder Ingrid Müller Yegnasew Takele Pascale Kropf 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005727 https://doaj.org/article/baeaf3ed0b6d4290a34c34a2b38f2ac5 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5540614?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005727 https://doaj.org/article/baeaf3ed0b6d4290a34c34a2b38f2ac5 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 7, p e0005727 (2017) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005727 2023-01-08T01:28:20Z Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected tropical disease that affects the poorest communities and can cause substantial morbidity and mortality. Visceral leishmaniasis is characterized by the presence of Leishmania parasites in the spleen, liver and bone marrow, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, prolonged fever, systemic inflammation and low body mass index (BMI). The factors impacting on the severity of VL are poorly characterized. Here we performed a cross-sectional study to assess whether co-infection of VL patients with intestinal parasites influences disease severity, assessed with clinical and haematological data, inflammation, cytokine profiles and BMI. Data from VL patients was similar to VL patients co-infected with intestinal parasites, suggesting that co-infection of VL patients with intestinal parasites does not alter disease severity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11 7 e0005727 |
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Fitsumbrhan Tajebe Mulusew Getahun Emebet Adem Asrat Hailu Mulualem Lemma Helina Fikre John Raynes Aschalew Tamiru Zemenay Mulugeta Ermias Diro Frederic Toulza Ziv Shkedy Tadesse Ayele Manuel Modolell Markus Munder Ingrid Müller Yegnasew Takele Pascale Kropf Disease severity in patients with visceral leishmaniasis is not altered by co-infection with intestinal parasites. |
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected tropical disease that affects the poorest communities and can cause substantial morbidity and mortality. Visceral leishmaniasis is characterized by the presence of Leishmania parasites in the spleen, liver and bone marrow, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, prolonged fever, systemic inflammation and low body mass index (BMI). The factors impacting on the severity of VL are poorly characterized. Here we performed a cross-sectional study to assess whether co-infection of VL patients with intestinal parasites influences disease severity, assessed with clinical and haematological data, inflammation, cytokine profiles and BMI. Data from VL patients was similar to VL patients co-infected with intestinal parasites, suggesting that co-infection of VL patients with intestinal parasites does not alter disease severity. |
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Fitsumbrhan Tajebe Mulusew Getahun Emebet Adem Asrat Hailu Mulualem Lemma Helina Fikre John Raynes Aschalew Tamiru Zemenay Mulugeta Ermias Diro Frederic Toulza Ziv Shkedy Tadesse Ayele Manuel Modolell Markus Munder Ingrid Müller Yegnasew Takele Pascale Kropf |
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Fitsumbrhan Tajebe Mulusew Getahun Emebet Adem Asrat Hailu Mulualem Lemma Helina Fikre John Raynes Aschalew Tamiru Zemenay Mulugeta Ermias Diro Frederic Toulza Ziv Shkedy Tadesse Ayele Manuel Modolell Markus Munder Ingrid Müller Yegnasew Takele Pascale Kropf |
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Disease severity in patients with visceral leishmaniasis is not altered by co-infection with intestinal parasites. |
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Disease severity in patients with visceral leishmaniasis is not altered by co-infection with intestinal parasites. |
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Disease severity in patients with visceral leishmaniasis is not altered by co-infection with intestinal parasites. |
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Disease severity in patients with visceral leishmaniasis is not altered by co-infection with intestinal parasites. |
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Disease severity in patients with visceral leishmaniasis is not altered by co-infection with intestinal parasites. |
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disease severity in patients with visceral leishmaniasis is not altered by co-infection with intestinal parasites. |
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