[Leish-l] Re Congenital and/or Sexual L. Transmission

Wed Oct 26 09:57:49 BRST 2011

Below a few [no claim below is all inclusive] of published reports for your consideration:

Thirty-seven (37) Peer-reviewed Science Journal Publications Reporting Leishmanial Congenital Transmission (Parent-to-Offspring) and Sexual/Genital Infection in Humans/Dogs.

[Note: Kala azar, or black fever, is visceral leishmaniasis.]  

Sexual/Genital Infection:
Castro Coto A, Hidalgo Hidalgo H, Solano Aguilar E, Coto Chacon F, 1987. [Leishmaniasis of the genital organs.][Article in Spanish] Med Cut Ibero Lat Am 15(2):145-150. [5 human farmers]
Symmers WSC, 1960. Leishmaniasis acquired by contagion: a case of marital infection in Britain.  Lancet 1:127-132.
Quinnel RJ, Courtenay O, 2009. Transmission, reservoir hosts and control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis.  Parasitology 136(14):1915-1934.
Rosypal AC, Lindsay DS, 2005. Non-sandfly transmission of a North American isolate of Leishmania infantum in experimentally infected Balb/c mice.  J Parasitol 91(5):1113-1115.  [both sexual and congenital leishmanial transmission shown in laboratory mice]

Congenital, Parent-to-Offspring Infection:
Banerji D. 1955. Possible congenital infection of kala-azar. J Indian Med Assoc. 24(11):433-435. 
Bialek R, Knobloch J. 1999. Parasitic infections in pregnancy and congenital protozoan infections. Part I.: Protozoan infections]. [Article in German] Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol 203(2):55-62. 
Blanc C, Robert A. 1984. [5th case of congenital kala-azar][Article in French] Presse Med. 13(28):1751. 
Bogdan C, Schonian G, Banuls AL, Hide M, Pratlong F, Lorenz E, Rollinghoff M, Mertens R. 2001. Visceral leishmaniasis in a German child who had never entered a known endemic area: case report and review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis 32(2):302-306.
Castel Y, Chastel C, Le Moigne C, Simitzis AM, Le Fur JM. 1982. [Autochthonous kala-azar (author's transl)][Article in French] Arch Fr Pediatr. 39(2):97-98. 
Couvreur J, Desmonts G. 1977. [Parasitic pathology of the fetus] [Article in French] Rev Prat 27(11):647-8, 653-658. 
De Raadt P. 1985. [Congenital trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis] [Article in French] Arch Fr Pediatr. 42 Suppl 2:925-927. 
Diaz-Espineira MM, Slappendel RJ, 1997.  A case of autochthonous canine leishmaniasis in the Netherlands.  Vet Q 19(2):69-71.
Dubey JP, Rosypal AC, Pierce V, Scheinberg SN, Lindsay DS. 2005. Placentitis associated with leishmaniasis in a dog.  J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 227:12661269.
Elamin A, Omer MI. 1992. Visceral leishmaniasis in a 6-week-old infant: possible congenital transmission. Trop Doct. 22(3):133-135. 
Eltoum IA, Zijlstra EE, Ali MS, Ghalib HW, Satti MM, Eltoum B, el-Hassan AM. 1992. Congenital kala-azar and leishmaniasis in the placenta. Am J Trop Med Hyg 46(1):57-62. 
Figueiro-Filho EA, Duarte G, El-Beitune P, Quintana SM, Maia TL. 2004. Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) and pregnancy.  Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 12(1):31-40. 
Gaskin AA, Schantz P, Jackson J, Birkenheuer A, Tomlinson L, Gramiccia M, Levy M, Steurer F, Kollmar E, Hegarty BC, Ahn A, Breitschwerdt EB. 2002. Visceral leishmaniasis in a New York foxhound kennel. J Vet Intern Med. 16(1):34-44. 
Gibson-Corley KN, Hostetter JM, Hostetter SJ, Mullin K, Ramer-Tait AE, Boggiatto PM, Petersen CA. 2008.  Disseminated Leishmania infantum infection in two sibling foxhounds due to possible vertical transmission.  Clin. Vet. J. 49:1005-1008.
Grech V, Vella C, Parascandolo R. 2000. Successful treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in Finnish-type congenital nephrotic syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol 14(5):410-411.
Kaplanski G, Farnarier C, Durand JM, Soubeyrand J, Bongrand P, Kaplanski S. 1991. Leishmaniasis acquired in Belgium. Lancet. 338(8771):885. 
Loke YW. 1982. Transmission of parasites across the placenta. Adv Parasitol. 21:155-228. 
Mandanti F, Sozzi S. 1995. Isolation of Leishmania from a newborn puppy. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 89(4): 402.
Meinecke CK, Schottelius J, Oskam L, Fleischer B. 1999. Congenital transmission of visceral leishmaniasis (Kala Azar) from an asymptomatic mother to her child.  Pediatrics 104(5):e65.
Masucci M., De Majo M, Contarino RB, Borruto G, Vitale F, Pennisi MG, 2003. Canine leishmaniasis in the newborn puppy.  Vet. Res. Commun. 27 Suppl. 1: 771-774.
Mittal V, Sehgal S, Yadav TP, Singh VK. 1987. Congenital transmission of kala-azar. J Commun Dis. 19(2):184-185. 
Nyakundi PM, Muigai R, Were JB, *Oster CN, Gachihi GS, Kirigi G. 1988. Congenital visceral leishmaniasis: case report. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 82(4):564. 
*Charles N. Oster, MD, was Director, Infectious Diseases Division, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Pagliano P, Carannante N, Rossi M, Gramiccia M, Gradoni L, Faella FS, Gaeta GB. 2005. Visceral leishmaniasis in pregnancy: a case series and a systematic review of the literature.  J Antimicrob Chemother 55(2):229-233. 
Pangrazio KK, Costa EA, Amarilla SP, Cino AG, Silva TMA, Costa LF, Dengues EG, Ruiz Diaz AA, Santos RL. 2009. Tissue distribution of Leishmania chagasi and lesions in transplacentally infected fetuses from symptomatic and asymptomatic naturally infected bitches. Vet. Parasitol. 165(3-4):327-331.
Petersen CA. 2009.  New means of canine leishmaniasis transmission in North America: the possibility of transmission to humans still unknown. Interdisciplinary Perspective on Infectious Diseases 2009, Art. ID 802712, 5 pages.
Quinn HE, Ellis JT, Smith NC. 2002. Neospora caninum: a cause of immune-mediated failure of pregnancy? Trends Parasitol 18(9):391-394. 
Rab MA, Mahmood MT, Bux D, Hassan M, Hassan K. 1991. Visceral leishmaniasis in a six month old child: is congenital transmission of disease possible? J Pak Med Assoc. 41(8):191-193. 
Rosypal AC, Troy GC, Zajac AM, Frank G, Lindsay DS. 2005.  Transpacental transmission of a North American isolate of Leishmania infantum in an experimentally infected Beagle. J. Parasitol. 91(4):970-972.
Schantz PM, Jackson J, Steurer F, Rooney J, Breitschswerdt E, Barr SC. 2001.  Evidence for direct dog-to-dog transmission of visceral leishmaniaisis in the United States.  J Am Soc Trop Med Hyg 65(3):421-422.
Schantz PM, Steurer F, Duprey Z, Rooney J, Kirchhoff LV, L Rowton E, Jackson J, Gramiccia M, 2004. Emergence of canine visceral leishmaniasis in North America, 2000-2003. Am J Trop Med Hyg 71(4):44. [Copy in Appendix E.]
Sharma R, Bahl L, Goel A, Upadhaya A, Kaushik SL, Sharma RL, Gupta A. 1996. Congenital kala-azar: a case report. J Commun Dis 28(1):59-61. 
Sheikha A. 2004. Dyserythropoiesis in 105 patients with visceral leishmaniasis.  Lab Hematol 10(4):206-211.
Yadav TP, Gupta H, Satteya U, Kumar R, Mittal V. 1989. Congenital kala-azar. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 83(5):535-537. 

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