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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Disease severity in patients with visceral leishmaniasis is not altered by co-infection with intestinal parasites
Tadesse AyeleIngrid MüllerMarkus MunderZiv ShkedyFitsumbrhan TajebeEmebet AdemManuel ModolellHelina FikreAschalew TamiruFrederic ToulzaMulualem LemmaAsrat HailuErmias DiroPascale KropfJohn G. RaynesMulusew GetahunZemenay MulugetaYegnasew TakeleYegnasew Takelesubject
0301 basic medicineMaleIMPACTPhysiologyHepatosplenomegalySystemic inflammationPathology and Laboratory MedicineTHERAPYSeverity of Illness IndexBody Mass Index0302 clinical medicineIntestinal ParasitesBone MarrowZoonosesImmune PhysiologyMedicine and Health SciencesIntestinal Diseases ParasiticHELMINTH INFECTIONSLeishmaniasisImmune ResponseInnate Immune SystembiologyCoinfectionlcsh:Public aspects of medicineASCARIASIS11 Medical And Health SciencesHematologyPancytopenia3. Good healthInfectious DiseasesCytokinesLeishmaniasis Visceralmedicine.symptomLife Sciences & BiomedicineHepatomegalyResearch ArticleNeglected Tropical DiseasesAdultlcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicineAdolescentlcsh:RC955-962030231 tropical medicineImmunology03 medical and health sciencesYoung AdultSigns and SymptomsDONOVANIDiagnostic MedicineTropical MedicineHOOKWORMSeverity of illnessmedicineParasitic DiseasesAnimalsHumansParasitesInflammationScience & TechnologyProtozoan InfectionsINTERFERON-GAMMAbusiness.industryPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthTropical diseaseBiology and Life SciencesLeishmaniasislcsh:RA1-127006 Biological SciencesMolecular DevelopmentINTERLEUKIN-10Leishmaniabiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseaseTropical Diseases030104 developmental biologyVisceral leishmaniasisCross-Sectional StudiesLogistic ModelsCase-Control StudiesCo-InfectionsImmune SystemImmunologySplenomegalyUNDERNUTRITIONParasitologyEthiopiabusinessParasitic Intestinal DiseasesSpleenDevelopmental Biologydescription
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.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-21 |