Visceral Leishmaniasis-CDCreport

Visceral Leishmaniasis

ICD-10 B55.0
2.3.1 Identification

Disease affects usually younger ages (below 5 years) in both sexes. The patients most commonly are from rural affected areas.

Death rate usually is 10 – 30% and may be more in advanced cases and especially without or delay treatment.

Clinical description
Clinical: systemic disease characterizes by gradual or sudden onsite fever which is persistent and regular. Other associate features include: hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, anemia, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia and progressive emaciation and general weakness, brownish coloration of skin with progressive enlargement of abdomen.

Lab diagnosis: direct smear from the bone marrow (to find parasite amastigote), with bone marrow smear culture 3N media to find promastigote-with serological test (IFAT-ELISA-Rk39 dipstick).
2.3.2 Infectious agent
Clinical description
Clinical: systemic disease characterizes by gradual or sudden onsite fever which is persistent and regular. Other associate features include: hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, anemia, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia and progressive emaciation and general weakness, brownish coloration of skin with progressive enlargement of abdomen.

Lab diagnosis: direct smear from the bone marrow (to find parasite amastigote), with bone marrow smear culture 3N media to find promastigote-with serological test (IFAT-ELISA-Rk39 dipstick).
2.3.2 Infectious agent