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Last Update:  September 28, 2008    

General Reports
         

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
Epidemiological study of risk factors related to childhood visceral leishmaniasis.
Rukunuzzaman M, Rahman M.
Mymensingh Med J. 2008 Jan;17(1):46-50.
Abstract 

Visceral leishmaniasis in paediatrics.
Kafetzis DA, Maltezou HC
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2002 Jun;15(3):289-94
Abstract 

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Visceral leishmaniasis: clinical and epidemiological features of children in an
endemic area
Queiroz MJ, Alves JG, Correia JB.
Pediatr (Rio J). 2004 Mar-Apr;80(2):141-6.
 Paper
Vaccines
         

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries     

  Field Trial of a Vaccine against New World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an
At-Risk Child Population: How Long Does Protection Last?
Armijos RX, Weigel MM, Romero L,  et al
J Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 15;187(12):1959-1961.
Abstract 
Case Studies/Literature Reviews
         

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Pediatric visceral leishmaniasis in Austria: diagnostic difficulties in a non-endemic
region.
Vecsei AK, Kastner U, Trebo M, et al.
Wien Klin Wochenschr 2001 Feb 15;113(3-4):102-6
Abstract 
   
  Hemophagocytic syndrome: a rare life-threatening complication of visceral
leishmaniasis in a young boy.
Tunc B, Ayata A. 
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2001 Dec;18(8):531-6
Abstract
   
  Hemophagocytic syndrome: A misleading complication of visceral leishmaniasis in children--a series of 12 cases.
Gagnaire MH, Galambrun C, Stephan JL.
Pediatrics 2000 Oct;106(4):E58
Abstract 
   
  Successful treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in Finnish-type congenital
nephrotic syndrome.
Grech V, Vella C, Parascandolo R.
Pediatr Nephrol 2000 May;14(5):410-1
 Abstract 
Diagnosis
         

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  A Pediatric case of lupoid leishmaniasis diagnosed by PCR.
Paradisi M, Grosso MG, Angelo C, et al.
Minerva Pediatr 2001 Feb;53(1):33-7
Abstract 
Clinical Management
         

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Splenic granulomatous lesions in immunocompetent pediatric patients with visceral
leishmaniasis.
Fretzayas A, Moustaki M, Kitsiou S, et al.
Scand J Infect Dis 2001;33(11):865-7
 Abstract 
   
  Childhood visceral leishmaniasis in Provence.
Minodier P, Garnier JM.  
Arch Pediatr 2000 Jun;7 Suppl 3:572s-577s
Abstract
Drugs
         
Amphotericin B

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  First-line liposomal amphotericin B for pediatric visceral leishmaniasis in southern France
Minodier P, Robert S, Noel G, Blanc P, et al 
Arch Pediatr. 2005 Jul;12(7):1102-8.
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