Locally acquired Visceral Leishmaniasis - First reported case in Northern Province of Sri Lanka
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Visceral leishmaniasis is a vector borne protozoan disease, mainly caused by Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum. Leishmania donovani is the principal cause in Sri Lanka. This is the first case of locally acquired Visceral Leishmaniasis in a young female from the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
Authors and Affiliations
P. Manokaran, S. Sivansuthan, G. J. Pratheepan, R. Gajanthan
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP305761
- DOI 10.18231/2455-6807.2017.0031
- Views 81
- Downloads 0
Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in antenatal women with bad obstetric history attending antenatal OPD in a tertiary hospital in Assam
Background: Toxoplasmosis has long since been incriminated with pregnancy wastage. In India, studies clearly show the rise in toxoplasma infection over last few decades. The present study is an effort to revisit the tren...
A study on the seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection in patients with coronary artery disease in a tertiary care hospital
Introduction Coronary artery disease CAD is a leading cause of death in developing and developed countries Infectious etiology is also suspected to be a significant risk factor in these cases CMV is a beta herpes virus O...
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of multidrug-resistant salmonella in a tertiary care hospital
This is a prospective laboratory based observational study on genotypic and phenotypic characterization of multidrug resistant salmonella conducted over a period of 1 year in a tertiary care hospital. About 2280 blood sa...
Bacteriological profile of asymptomatic bacteriuria among diabetic patients
Introduction: Prevalence ofasymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) among diabetic patients is high compared to patients without diabetes. The present study was aimed at determining the prevalence asymptomatic bacteriuria with dia...
Bacteriological profile of neonatal septicemia and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the isolates in western civil hospital India
Background: The objective of this study was to isolate pathogenic bacteria in neo-natal septicemia cases, and to know their antibiotic profile. Material and Method: Under aseptic precautions, blood was drawn from 147 neo...