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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2020

Case Report: Autochthonous Case of Human Visceral Leishmaniasis in the West Bank, Palestine.

Ahmed Al-Jawabreh, Suheir Ereqat, Kamal Dumaidi, Abdelmajeed Nasereddin, Samer Sawalha, Hanan Al-Jawabreh, Amer Al-Jawabreh

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmed Al-Jawabreh1Leishmaniases Research Unit, Jericho, Palestine.
Suheir Ereqat2Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Kamal Dumaidi3Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine.
Abdelmajeed Nasereddin4Al-Quds Nutrition and Health Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University Abu Deis, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Samer Sawalha5Ministry of Health, Ramallah, Palestine.
Hanan Al-Jawabreh1Leishmaniases Research Unit, Jericho, Palestine.
Amer Al-Jawabreh1Leishmaniases Research Unit, Jericho, Palestine.
Al-Quds University · PSArab American University · PSMinistry of Agriculture · PS

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human visceral leishmaniasis (HVL) is a parasitic disease infecting children in the Mediterranean region. Here, we portray a case of a 2-year-old child with an epidemiological description of the situation surrounding the case. The patient was suffering from recurrent fever, weakness, and abdominal discomfort associated with loss of appetite. Routine blood investigations showed pancytopenia, whereas examination revealed hepatomegaly. A diagnosis of HVL was made by demonstrating amastigotes in a Giemsa-stained smear from a bone marrow aspirate followed by genotyping by PCR and sequencing. In conclusion, early detection of VL infection followed by appropriate treatment protocols is essential to saving the patient.

Indexed as

Leishmaniasis, VisceralAnimalsAntimony Sodium GluconateAntiprotozoal AgentsBone MarrowChild, PreschoolDisease ReservoirsDogsEarly DiagnosisFemaleHumansInsect VectorsLeishmania infantumMiddle EastPhlebotomusAntimony Sodium GluconateAntiprotozoal Agents

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PMID32720633
PMCPMC7543865
OpenAlexW3045779822

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