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ReviewNature reviews. Disease primers2025

Leishmaniasis.

Myrthe Pareyn, Fabiana Alves, Sakib Burza, Jaya Chakravarty, Jorge Alvar, Ermias Diro, Paul M Kaye, Johan van Griensven

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Review in Nature reviews. Disease primers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Myrthe PareynClinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8918-3901
Fabiana AlvesNeglected Tropical Diseases Leishmaniasis-Mycetoma Cluster, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, Geneva, Switzerland.
Sakib BurzaDepartment of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Jaya ChakravartyDepartment of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Jorge AlvarRoyal Academy of Medicine, Madrid, Spain.
Ermias DiroDepartment of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Paul M KayeHull York Medical School, University of York, York, UK.
Johan van GriensvenClinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. jvangriensven@itg.be.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in Asia, Africa, the Americas and Southern Europe caused by Leishmania parasites and transmitted through the bite of female sandflies, resulting in Leishmania replication in macrophages. The condition manifests either as visceral leishmaniasis, a potentially fatal systemic disease that causes persistent fever, enlargement of the liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly), and a reduction in almost all blood cells (pancytopenia), or as cutaneous leishmaniasis, characterized by ulcerative or non-ulcerative skin lesions. Disease manifestation and severity are determined by parasite, host and vector characteristics, with a complex immunological interplay. The rK39 rapid diagnostic test is the primary diagnostic method for visceral leishmaniasis, while cutaneous leishmaniasis is commonly diagnosed by microscopy of skin samples. Visceral leishmaniasis and severe forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis are managed by systemic treatment. For localized cutaneous leishmaniasis, treatment involves topical therapies, including cryotherapy, thermotherapy and/or intralesional injections with antimonials. The WHO 2021-2030 roadmap of neglected tropical diseases aims to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis as a public health problem and to achieve enhanced control of cutaneous leishmaniasis. In South Asia, a regional visceral leishmaniasis programme has dramatically reduced the caseload. Eastern Africa has recently launched a similar initiative. Sustainable progress in the control and elimination of leishmaniasis will require better diagnostics, treatment and vector control interventions as well as progress in vaccine development, political commitment, improved surveillance and healthcare services.

Indexed as

LeishmaniasisAnimalsAntiprotozoal AgentsAsiaHumansLeishmaniaLeishmaniasis, CutaneousLeishmaniasis, VisceralAntiprotozoal Agents

Identifiers

PMID41266459

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