Infectious and parasitic diseases

Schistosomiasis Japanese: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Schistosomiasis of Japan is a chronic tropical trematode of South-East Asia, characterized by a predominant lesion of the gastrointestinal tract and liver.

Manson's intestinal schistosomiasis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Intestinal schistosomiasis of Manson is a chronic tropical intestinal trematode with a predominant lesion of the digestive system.

Genitourinary schistosomiasis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

The acute period of urogenital schistosomiasis coincides with the penetration of cercariae into the host and the migration of schistosomes through the blood vessels. In this period, at the stage of the introduction of cercariae, the vessels of the skin, reddening, fever, itching and swelling of the skin are noted. These phenomena occur after 3-4 days.

Child Leishmaniasis

Mediterranean-Central Asian visceral leishmaniasis (synonyms: children's leishmaniasis, children's kala-azar). Childish leishmaniasis is caused by L. Infantum. Pediatric leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease. There are 3 types of foci of Mediterranean-Central Asian leishmaniasis

Indian visceral leishmaniasis

Indian visceral leishmaniasis (synonyms: black disease, dum-doom fever, kala-azar). Indian visceral leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania donovani, which in the human body parasitizes intracellularly in the amastigot (amoxicotic) stage, and in the carrier - in the promastigot stage (flagellar). Kala-azar (in the translation from Sanskrit - "black disease") affects adults, and only 5-6% of cases - children and adolescents.

Visceral leishmaniasis

Visceral leishmaniasis in the Old World has two varieties - Mediterranean (children's) visceral leishmaniasis (HL) and Indian visceral leishmaniasis (adult leishmaniasis, kala-azar).

Espuddia (Brazilian skin-mucous leishmaniasis)

Espundia (Synonym: Brazilian skin-mucous leishmaniasis). Skin and slimy American leishmaniasis has several nosological forms, the causative agents of which belong to the complex of L. Brasiliensis. The most severe form is Brazilian leishmaniasis (espuda), in which, in 80% of cases, in addition to ulcers on the skin at the site of the pathogen, there are also extensive lesions of the mucous membranes of the nasopharynx, larynx, and cartilage of soft tissues and even bones.

American mucocutaneous and skin leishmaniasis

In the Eastern Hemisphere, the causative agents of cutaneous leishmaniasis are parasites of the L. Tropica complex; the disease is often called the eastern ulcer. In the Western Hemisphere, the causative agents of this form of the disease are represented by the leishmania of L. Mexicana and L. Brasiliensis complexes.

Diffuse (Ethiopic) cutaneous leishmaniasis

Diffuse (Ethiopian) cutaneous leishmaniasis, caused by L. Aephiopica. The causative agent of diffuse (Ethiopian) cutaneous leishmaniasis - L. Aephiopica, has a very limited distribution on the African continent (Kenya, Ethiopia) and causes a variety of clinical manifestations.

Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis

The causative agent of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis is L. Major. It differs from the pathogen of the anthroponous subtype of cutaneous leishmaniasis by a number of biological and serological features.

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