Studies on the effect of drugs on trypanothione metabolism resulted in the discovery that fexinidzole is a potential oral treatment for visceral leishmaniasis.
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In visceral leishmaniasis, the most serious form of leishmaniasis, the parasites take up residence in the liver, spleen and bone marrow, inducing fever and malaise.
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Visceral leishmaniasis, which is caused by a parasite spread by sand flies, attacks the liver and spleen causing bouts of fever and severe weight loss.
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Each year 500, 000 people develop the disease, whose scientific name is visceral leishmaniasis, with most cases occurring in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sudan and Brazil.
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Visceral leishmaniasis, which is caused by a parasite spread by sand flies, attacks the liver and spleen, causing bouts of fever and severe weight loss.
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Between 1913 and 1931, Sudanese troops operating in Northern Kenya and southern Sudan suffered from four outbreaks of Visceral leishmaniasis, or Kala-azar, including one in Lokitaung.
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Following Leishman's discovery, names like " dum dum fever " and " kala azar " ( both referring to visceral leishmaniasis ) and " Baghdad boil,"
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She spent seven months in a remote area of Ethiopia, where she developed a program for diagnosing and treating a parasitic disease called visceral leishmaniasis, or kala-azar.
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He is best remembered for his discoveries of " Leishmania donovani " as the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis, and " Klebsiella granulomatis " as that of donovanosis.
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Today, the name kala-azar is used interchangeably with the scientific name visceral leishmaniasis for the most acute form of the disease caused by " L . donovani ".
