ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2015
Visceral Leishmaniasis in China: an Endemic Disease under Control.
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59 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Visceral leishmaniasis elimination in Ethiopia: insights into epidemiology, transmission, treatment access, and outcome - a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
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- First record of Phlebotomus sergenti (Diptera: Psychodidae) in China and its potential epidemiological implications.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Zoonotic leishmaniasis in China: Current status and challenges to elimination.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Review
- Expanding mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in China: a multi-source data-driven investigation.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Article
- The genome of Phlebotomus chinensis, the primary vector of visceral leishmaniasis in China: insights from chromosome-level assembly and comparative analysis.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Article
- Association Study on Risk Factors for Major Infectious Diseases in Dogs and Cats in Shenzhen, China.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Geographical analysis of malignant tumor incidence and treatment in China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- High prevalence of vector-borne pathogens in the blood of clinically healthy dogs in Hong Kong.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Environmental change increases the transmission risk of visceral leishmaniasis in central China around the Taihang mountains.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Article
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to visceral leishmaniasis in children: case report and systematic review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Case Report: Fever of unknown origin with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and intestinal hemorrhage-a successfully treated case of severe visceral leishmaniasis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Case Report: Visceral leishmaniasis misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus in a 36-year-old migrant worker.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Metagenomic next-generation sequencing assists in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in non-endemic areas of China.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Establishment of Real-Time PCR Method to DifferentiateLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Rapid and reliable detection of Leishmania antibodies in canine serum with double-antigen sandwich homogeneous chemical luminescence.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- Epidemiological Characteristics and Spatiotemporal Patterns of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Xinjiang, China, during 2004-2021.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Mapping the distribution of sandflies and sandfly-associated pathogens in China.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Re-emergence and influencing factors of mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in the extension region of Loess Plateau, China.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Steppe lemmings and Chinese hamsters as new potential animal models for the study of the Leishmania subgenus Mundinia (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae).PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
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Abstract
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania spp. is an important vector-borne and largely zoonotic disease. In China, three epidemiological types of VL have been described: anthroponotic VL (AVL), mountain-type zoonotic VL (MT-ZVL), and desert-type ZVL (DT-ZVL). These are transmitted by four different sand fly species: Phlebotomus chinensis, P. longiductus, P. wui, and P. alexandri. In 1951, a detailed survey of VL showed that it was rampant in the vast rural areas west, northwest, and north of the Yangtze River. Control programs were designed and implemented stringently by the government at all administrative levels, resulting in elimination of the disease from most areas of endemicity, except the western and northwestern regions. The control programs consisted of (i) diagnosis and chemotherapy of patients, (ii) identification, isolation, and disposal of infected dogs, and (iii) residual insecticide indoor spraying for vector control. The success of the control programs is attributable to massive and effective mobilization of the general public and health workers to the cause. Nationally, the annual incidence is now very low, i.e., only 0.03/100,000 according to the available 2011 official record. The overwhelming majority of cases are reported from sites of endemicity in the western and northwestern regions. Here, we describe in some depth and breadth the current status of epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the disease, with particular reference to the control programs. Pertinent information has been assembled from scattered literature of the past decades in different languages that are not readily accessible to the scientific community. The information provided constitutes an integral part of our knowledge on leishmaniasis in the global context and will be of special value to those interested in control programs.
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