Section outline

  • Lecture: Leishmaniasis and Article(s) review and discussion

    Faculty:  Caryn Bern

    Location:  Mission Hall 1109

    • Session Slides:

    • Required reading:

    • Burza S, Croft SL, Boelaert M. Leishmaniasis. Lancet. 2018 Sep 15;392(10151):951-970. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31204-2 File
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    • Quinnell RJ, Courtenay O. Transmission, reservoir hosts and control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis. Parasitology 2009 Oct 16:1-20. File
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    • Optional reading:

    • Alvar J, Velez ID, Bern C, et al. Leishmaniasis worldwide and global estimates of its incidence. PloS one 2012;7:e35671. File
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    • World Health Organization. Control of the leishmaniases. World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser 2010: 1-186. File
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    • Articles for Student Seminar: Infection reservoir control: L. infantum in Brazil and L. donovani in India

       

    • Courtenay O, Quinnell RJ, Garcez LM, Shaw JJ, Dye C. Infectiousness in a cohort of Brazilian dogs: why culling fails to control visceral leishmaniasis in areas of high transmission. The Journal of infectious diseases 2002 Nov 1;186(9):1314-20. File
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    • Medley GF, Hollingsworth TD, Olliaro PL, Adams ER. Health-seeking behaviour, diagnostics and transmission dynamics in the control of visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent. Nature. 2015 Dec 3;528(7580):S102-8. doi: 10.1038/nature16042. File
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    • Optional extra reading related to student seminar:

    • Mondal D, Bern C, Ghosh D, Rashid M, Molina R, Chowdhury R, Nath R, Ghosh P, Chapman L, Alim A, Bilbe G, Alvar J. Quantifying the infectiousness of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis towards sandflies. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Oct 24 File
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