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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear Joan,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thank you so much for providing the
exhaustive list of publications on the subject. I got 23 in your list by a
pubmed search for “congenital transmission and leishmaniasis”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br
[mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Joan Jackson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 26, 2011
6:58 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Leish-l@lineu.icb.usp.br<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Leish-l] Re Congenital
and/or Sexual L. Transmission</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Below a few [no claim below is all
inclusive] of published reports for your consideration:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Thirty-seven (37) Peer-reviewed Science Journal Publications
Reporting Leishmanial Congenital Transmission (Parent-to-Offspring) and
Sexual/Genital Infection in Humans/Dogs.</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></font></b></strong></p>
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face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="New Century Schoolbook"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";color:black'>[Note:
Kala azar, or black fever, is visceral leishmaniasis.] </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><i><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black;font-style:italic'>Sexual/Genital Infection:</span></font><o:p></o:p></i></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="New Century Schoolbook"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";color:black'>Castro
Coto A, Hidalgo Hidalgo H, Solano Aguilar E, Coto Chacon F, 1987.
[Leishmaniasis of the genital organs.][Article in Spanish] <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Med Cut Ibero Lat Am</span></i> 15(2):145-150. [5
human farmers]</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="New Century Schoolbook"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";color:black'>Symmers
WSC, 1960. Leishmaniasis acquired by contagion: a case of marital infection in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Lancet</span></i> 1:127-132.</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="New Century Schoolbook"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";color:black'>Quinnel
RJ, Courtenay O, 2009. Transmission, reservoir hosts and control of zoonotic
visceral leishmaniasis. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Parasitology</span></i>
136(14):1915-1934.</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="New Century Schoolbook"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";color:black'>Rosypal
AC, Lindsay DS, 2005. Non-sandfly transmission of a North American isolate of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Leishmania infantum</span></i> in experimentally
infected Balb/c mice. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>J Parasitol</span></i>
91(5):1113-1115. [both sexual and congenital leishmanial transmission
shown in laboratory mice]</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><strong><b><i><font size=3
color=black face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";color:black;font-style:italic'>Congenital,
Parent-to-Offspring Infection:</span></font><o:p></o:p></i></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Banerji D. 1955. Possible congenital infection of kala-azar. J
Indian Med Assoc. 24(11):433-435. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Bialek R, Knobloch J. 1999. Parasitic infections in pregnancy and
congenital protozoan infections. <st1:place w:st="on"><st2:Sn w:st="on">Part</st2:Sn>
<st2:Sn w:st="on">I.</st2:Sn></st1:place>: Protozoan infections]. [Article in
German] Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol 203(2):55-62. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Blanc C, Robert A. 1984. [5th case of congenital
kala-azar][Article in French] Presse Med. 13(28):1751. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Couvreur J, Desmonts G. 1977. [Parasitic pathology of the fetus]
[Article in French] Rev Prat 27(11):647-8, 653-658. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>De Raadt P. 1985. [Congenital trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis]
[Article in French] Arch Fr Pediatr. 42 Suppl 2:925-927. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Diaz-Espineira MM, Slappendel RJ, 1997. A
case of autochthonous canine leishmaniasis in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Elamin A, Omer MI. 1992. Visceral leishmaniasis in a 6-week-old
infant: possible congenital transmission. Trop Doct. 22(3):133-135. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>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
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Figueiro-Filho EA, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Duarte</st1:place></st1:City>
G, El-Beitune P, Quintana SM, Maia TL. 2004. Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar)
and pregnancy. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 12(1):31-40. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>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 <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New
York</st1:place></st1:State> foxhound kennel. J Vet Intern Med. 16(1):34-44. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Grech V, Vella C, Parascandolo R. 2000. Successful treatment of
visceral leishmaniasis in Finnish-type congenital nephrotic syndrome. Pediatr
Nephrol 14(5):410-411.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div style='margin-left:.5in;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:2.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Kaplanski G, Farnarier C, Durand JM, Soubeyrand J, Bongrand P,
Kaplanski S. 1991. Leishmaniasis acquired in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Loke YW. 1982. Transmission of parasites across the placenta. Adv
Parasitol. 21:155-228. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div style='margin-left:.5in;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:2.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Mandanti F, Sozzi S. 1995. Isolation of <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Leishmania</span></i> from a newborn puppy. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med.
Hyg. 89(4): 402.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div style='margin-left:.5in;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:2.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div style='margin-left:.5in;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:2.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Masucci M., De Majo M, Contarino RB, Borruto G, Vitale F, Pennisi
MG, 2003. Canine leishmaniasis in the newborn puppy. Vet. Res. Commun. 27
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Mittal V, Sehgal S, Yadav TP, Singh VK. 1987. Congenital
transmission of kala-azar. J Commun Dis. 19(2):184-185. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Nyakundi PM, Muigai R, Were JB, *Oster CN, Gachihi GS, Kirigi G.
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>*Charles N. Oster, MD, was Director, Infectious Diseases Division,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Walter Reed Army Medical Center</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="New Century Schoolbook"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook";
color:black'>Pagliano P, Carannante N, Rossi M, Gramiccia M, Gradoni L, Faella
FS, Gaeta GB. 2005. Visceral leishmaniasis in pregnancy: a case series and a
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