Sand fly bite
Note: this video has no sound. In this video we watch a female sand fly of the species Lutzomia longipalpis (most commonly found in South America), taking a blood meal …
Course: Control and Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis
The vector that spreads visceral leishmaniasis
This section begins by introducing you to important features of sand flies and their lifecycles. Scientist and expert vector biologist Dr Matthew Rogers will guide you through these and help …
Week 2 Acknowledgements
Many thanks from the course team. Lead Educators: Vanessa Yardley, Simon Croft Coordination: Markela Koniordou Course content production: Markela Koniordou, Vanessa Yardley Course production: Video (VL diagnosis) production and filming: …
Summary of Week 2
What have we learned? During week 2 we have explored in more detail how visceral leishmaniais is recognised and confirmed and how it is treated. We have learned that there …
Practicalities to consider (check-list)
Previous steps have covered a wide range of topics, describing best practice in an ideal setting. As Dr Adera describes in Step 2.12, the diagnosis and treatment of VL can …
Challenges and case management in context: Interview with Cherinet Adera Ethiopia
In this video Dr Cherinet Adera, KalaCORE’s deputy country manager, talks about the challenges doctors and other health care workers can face when encountering and managing VL patients. These include …
Visceral Leishmaniasis: Complex treatments
When it comes to “special” groups, safety during treatment of VL is crucial[1]. These groups usually relate to factors which will have a bearing on VL treatment such as immunosuppression, …
Diagnosis & treatment of PKDL
In this step, we visit a South Asian (Indian) perspective on the diagnosis and treatment of post- kala azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) with two experts in the disease: Professor (Dr) …
Complexity in diagnosis & treatment case studies from Kolkata
Professor (Dr) Bibhuti Saha, presents two case studies from the School Professor School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata in India.
Treatment of VL in the clinic
Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in the clinic depends upon a number of factors. These range from the availability of the drug in the country concerned to the existence of resistance …
Treatment of VL: antileishmanial drugs
Which are the main therapeutic drugs used for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis and PKDL?
DAT demonstration video
Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) The DAT antigen consists of freeze-dried L. donovani promastigotes that are stained blue. Suspended in solution, the antigen is mixed with patient serum. If anti-Leishmania antibodies …
RDT demonstration video
Rapid rK39 antigen-based tests (RDTs) are based on the antigen rK39, a recombinant product of a 39 amino acid antigen encoded by a kinesin-like gene of the L. donovani complex. …
Parasitological diagnosis demonstration: Giemsa staining and microscopic detection of LD bodies
Once the criteria of VL case definition have been fulfilled and VL is suspected, confirmation is ideally by parasitological diagnosis. This involves microscope examination of biopsy material in order to …
Methods of diagnosis
How can we diagnose visceral leishmaniasis? A number of different methods have been developed over the years but not all are suitable for routine use in the field or clinic[1]. …
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Control and Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis